Oracle ORCL has made its Database Software free for developers. Oracle is making it easier for developers to try its industry-leading database software. Oracle has been in the database industry for ...

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Oracle (ORCL +3.42%) has been in the database business for more than 40 years. Its database software, running on customers' hardware and increasingly in the cloud, is mission-critical for a wide array ...

Hoping to appeal to smaller businesses and fend off competition from open-source rivals, Oracle plans to release a free version of its database software. The company has not made it official yet, but ...

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