技术务实

伴随着开源和免费软件的兴旺，在数据库领域，BerklyDB，PostgreSQL，MySQL的星星之火开始蔓延，嵌入式系统、桌面产品和Web领域都开始散发点点光辉，这让IBM等巨头开始发颤了，DB2、SQLServer、ORACLE都开始推出免费版本参与竞争，由此可见，应用一句毛主席的话：“一切帝国主义都是纸老虎”...

打开Oracle 10g Express Edtion的下载页面，看到一段搞笑的声明，摘录如下：

I am not a citizen, national, or resident of, and am not under control of, the government of Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, nor any country to which the United States has prohibited export.

I will not download or otherwise export or re-export the Software, directly or indirectly, to the above mentioned countries nor to citizens, nationals or residents of those countries.

I am not listed on the United States Department of Treasury lists of Specially Designated Nationals, Specially Designated Terrorists, and Specially Designated Narcotic Traffickers, nor am I listed on the United States Department of Commerce Table of Denial Orders.

呜呼，强权政治害死人啊...