The words "Oracle" and "cheap" don't belong together in the same paragraph :-)

Oracle is way, way expensive.

I think SyBase SQL Anywhere is a good balance between features and expense but I really haven't checked pricing recently. It used to be one of the cheapest, yet reliable, databases around.


>Have you checked Oracle's pricing? I don't really know if they're cheaper - I only know there are only two SQL servers out there for all intents and purposes - and you already checked the cost of MS!
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>There's an Oracle group here in the UT.