One of the most difficult things about building and selling software is licensing. In an ideal world we could all give our software away for free and live of Google Ads but of course we all have bills to pay and wish to put more and more effort into making our software better. One of the most common questions we've had with BDC Meta Man is the wish to try out Oracle, DB2 or Web Service functionality before purchasing a license - which up until now hasn't been possible.
With today's release of BDC Meta Man however you have the ability to use the free Developer version of BDC Meta Man the same way you could with SQL Server. This means for Oracle, DB2, Web Services and MS Access you can add entities, create an association, try out the write back web parts etc etc
So shoot over to the Lightning Tools web site and get version 3.0.0.1 of BDC Meta Man.
http://www.lightningtools.com/pages/service/customerdownloads.aspx
(registration required)
Of course you do get a number of benefits when you purchase a license such as email support, ability to add as many entities to the design surface as you like, SQL Query Wizard, opening previously generated XML files.
Any questions or comments please let me know, nick@lightningtools.com