If you strongly believe that Oracle XE (10g) was a great piece of software, as I do, and it's time to release an update in line with the current database offering, may be you should sign up for the following feature request:
Oracle XE 11G petition
Long live Oracle XE!
It's already being worked on. Just not sure when the release will be:
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Soon... ;-)
ReplyDeleteHi Gary,
ReplyDeleteI knew something was already underway, but it's great to see that it's actually running.
I wonder if there will be any beta phase, I'd be glad to participate.
Thanks!
Flavio
Thanks for the update Doug ;-)
ReplyDeleteI came across this post by Joel Kallman a few days ago:
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well, as Joel said, we'll wait and see.
ReplyDeleteAs long as Apex can be easily installed on top of XE, I wouldn't feel so bad if they didn't include it in the basic installation.
Cheers
Flavio