With the recent release of Oracle ADF Essentials - The core of Oracle ADF which is free, numerous online news sources, developers, Oracle Aces, and Oracle PMs have been furiously blogging / writing articles about this news with excitement.  Here is some of the messaging all in one place for your review.

News coverage on Oracle ADF Essentials 11.1.2.3:

• Computerworld, ITworld and InfoWorld: Oracle releases free ADF Essentials
• eWEEK: Oracle Launches Free Version of Application Development Framework
• IT Business Edge: Oracle Starts to Embrace App Servers
• CMSWire: Oracle Debuts Free Version of its ADF Application Building Tools
• InfoQ: Oracle Launches Free Version of Application Development Framework
• Computer Business Review: Oracle unveils Application Development Framework Essentials
• The Register: Oracle woos open sourcers with free Java web framework

Blog entries on Oracle ADF Essentials 11.1.2.3:

• Oracle ADF Core Functionality Now Available for Free - Presenting Oracle ADF Essentials by JDeveloper PMs Blog
• ADF Essentials - Available for free and certified on GlassFish! by delabassee
• JDeveloper 11.1.2.3.0 is out together with Oracle ADF Essentials by Timo Hahn
• ADF Essentials (A Free Version) Released by Chad Thompson
• ADF Essentials - Quick Technical Review by Andrejus Baranovskis
• Develop and Deploy ADF applications free of charge using the new ADF Essentials" by Lucas Jellema
• Free! ADF Essentials! by Angus Myles
• Oracle ADF Essentials by Stijn Haus
• Free Version of Oracle ADF Framework available by Robin Muller-Bady
• ADF Essentials Release by Eingestellt von Markus Klenke
• Free version of Oracle ADF - ADF Essentials by Emilio Petrangeli
• Oracle ADF Essentials - finally free by Jakub Pawlowski
• Oracle ADF Essentials, a Free Version of ADF by Jake Kuramot