# free version of k now available

## Stevan Apter — 2008-04-05 16:45:30

    big news from kx:

     ----- Original Message -----

    From: "Niall Dalton" <niall@...>

    To: <k4@...>

    Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:08 AM

    Subject: [k4] free kdb+ version, book available, and anonymous code.kx access

    > Hello,

    >

    > At our recent European user event we announced a few things that may

    > interest you all.

    >

    >

    > - We have released a free version of 32-bit kdb+, for all platforms,

    > for non-commercial use. Interested parties may download it after

    > agreeing to the license:

    >

    > <http://www.kx.com/developers/noncomlicense.php>

    >

    >

    > - Jeffry Borror's book "q for Mortals" is now available from amazon.com

    >

    > <http://www.amazon.com/Q-Mortals-Tutorial-Programming/dp/1434829014/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207298595&sr=8-1

    > >

    >

    >

    > - code.kx has been opened to anonymous read-only users. The page at http://code.kx.com

    >  has been updated to note that you may log in with username anonymous

    > and password anonymous. We will still provide accounts with full

    > access to new customers, as usual, as well as members of the non-

    > commercial user community with text or code to contribute to the wiki.

    >

    >

    > - We have opened an unmoderated Google group for non-commercial users

    > as they will not be added to this list. Some of you may be interested

    > to join:

    >

    > <http://groups.google.com/group/personal-kdbplus>

    >

    >

    > Share and enjoy!

    >

    > niall