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> Oracle downloads are free for development The license for free downloads is indeed more restrictive: "You may not: - use the programs for your own internal data processing or for any commercial or production purposes, or use the programs for any purpose except the development of a *single prototype* of your application;" "Bold" is mine, one can't develop more than one single prototype. There is the Oracle Partner Program that - AFAIK - allows to use multiple development/demo licenses, paying about $1500 per year. > OTOH I think it's too complex for most people... I'd expect people who > used that to be using it internally & have a trained DBA already. Oracle is a big beast... not the DB one uses when needing something small and simple. It's becoming much easier to administer, anyway. > It's really not an either/or choice... the database API is quite simple Good. -- Luigi D. Sandon