Oracle Database XE 11.2 Beta is out

No joke! On 1 april Oracle released the beta of Oracle XE 11.2.
From the Oracle website: Oracle Database 11g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is a free version of the world's most capable relational database. Oracle Database XE is easy to install, easy to manage, and easy to develop with. With Oracle Database XE, you use an intuitive, browser-based interface to administer the database, create tables, views, and other database objects, import, export, and view table data, run queries and SQL scripts, and generate reports.
You can download the software on: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/express-edition/11gxe-beta-download-302519.html and the documentation can be found here: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17781_01/index.htm.

Oracle 11g Release 2 for Windows is available

We had to wait a little while for it but today Oracle has released 11g Release 2 for Windows. You can download it from the OTN-website: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle11g/112010_win32soft.html.