According to CNET, Oracle is planning on releasing Oracle 10g Express Edition for small organizations, students and software organizations.

The latest edition is the same as other databases in Oracle’s lineup but is limited in usage. It can only run servers with one processor, with 4GB of disk memory and 1GB of memory.

Beta next week will be available in the Oracle developer area (the link is showing up 500 now, so watch here or the new to Oracle DBA here), so fellow devs, keep your eyes peeled. I’ll so be there to give it a run. Oracle is a sweet database engine.