Re: Do Raptors eat T.O.A.D.s?

From: HansF <News.Hans_at_telus.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:26:29 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.01.05.02.26.28.890852_at_telus.net>


On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:03:24 -0500, Mark C. Stock wrote:

>
> Still not sure it's going to be free -- got an email from the product
> manager saying they will be updating the web site to clarify their license
> strategy.
>

Quoting from http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=76 I get such gems (from the Oracle rep)as

"
 Yes the core tool will remain free; so everything you see now will  continue to be available to those who own the Oracle database. I am not  sure if you should think of it as free; its just part of your database,  you get a character mode tool (sqlplus) and you get a GUI tool (raptor).  You can use it for free with our free database (oracle XE), however you  will not have support.
"

and

"
 well in an internal meeting LJE also said free if that helps. "

sorta gives a hint of an idea of a possible direction ...

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