Now there is a starter level, free downloadable database Oracle Database 10g Express Edition or also known as Oracle Database XE. You can download the Oracle database free for Microsoft Windows from Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) Express Edition for Microsoft Windows. Also there is a version of Oracle Database XE for Linux operating systems which you can freely download. You can download Oracle XE for Debian, Mandriva, Novell, Red Hat and Ubuntu Linuz systems from Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) Express Edition for Linux x86.
Oracle.exe has a total size of 157 MB for download. You can also download Oracle® Database Express Edition Getting Started Guide. You will also find the Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day DBA course documentation for free download. This documentation is a guide and also a how to information for Oracle Database Express administrators. It will guide you with the Oracle Database systems basis and main administration topics.
You can finish the installation as easy as a MS SQL Server database. The Oracle Express Edition also has a web graphical user interface for administring the database. You can start immediately learning and studying the basis of database administration and database development with the sample data or sample database included with the Oracle XE Edition.
If you are a developer working on PHP, Java or as well as .NET applications you can get use of this free Oracle Database XE. You can also distribute your Oracle Database XE applications free of charge.
You will find more information about Oracle 10g XE at Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) product page.
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