October 31, 2005

Oracle with free version

So, it seems that Oracle has now a free version of their database. Even with limitations, this seems to be real good news.

The limitations are:

  • 4GB of data

  • 1GB of RAM

  • only one processor per server

  • support is offered by way of an online forum for users



Let's see what will this mean in the marketshare with other free databases...

Macromedia can Kiss My Ass (TM)

Macromedia can Kiss My Ass (TM), and RTFM before trying to add PDF exportation to their products.

How does this fit with Macromedia's aquisition by Adobe?

GNUnet: 20.000 sentences translated in 28 months

The user-contributed translations of the GNUnet (and libextractor) webpages have just surpassed 20.000 sentences. The ability for users to provide translations was first added on June 5th 2003. Thanks to everyone who is or has been contributing!