Microsoft waves the 'free licenses' flag to try to grab Oracle database users Microsoft is trying to grab Oracle enterprise database users with a new migration offer for SQL Server 2016.

Oracle today is offering a free version of Oracle Database 23c to meet growing demand from developers and organizations worldwide to access the newest features in Oracle Database 23c 'App Simple.' ...

Oracle plans to release a free version of its database by year's end that could help it better compete with Microsoft and open-source databases at the low end of the market.