Re: $199 NC box?

Actually, Oracle classes aren't run with NC's. Those are standard PCs, but the box is in a separate room.

The servers were simply overloaded, (which hasn't changed since I taught my first class when I worked for Oracle :-)

"Todd Bellaver" <tbellaver_at_awdcom.com> wrote:

>I also read that someone was giving away lobotomies and amputations for
>$199.
>
>I don't mean to be facetious but why would anyone want a 'dumb terminal' in
>their house? Especially since there is nothing that you can't do with a PC
>that you can do with a NIC and there is allot you can do with a PC that you
>can't do with a NIC.
>
>Sorry, $199 is not worth the regret I would feel for having to re-purchase
>the same functionality in a computer that I can use in a practical world.
>
>Oh, by the way, for those of us that have taken Oracle classes that used
>similar technology. How many times was your class delayed because of
>Oracle's network? As a veteran of over to 5 classes, I would have to say at
>least once every class with an average of two to three times.
>
>Steve Levy <"s.levy_at_erols.com"@erols.com> wrote in message
><685ffv$mbt$1_at_winter.news.erols.com>...
>>I saw on FOX (TV) an ad for an Oracle network computer box.
>>$199. Anyone seen one in real life? Does it work?
>

-JJ

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