Re: Personal Oracle7 Power Macintosh 7.1

I was recently interested in a similar thing. I sent email to Oracle and here's the response I received:
At the moment there are no full versions of Oracle for the Mac. To date the only thing that has been made available is client software for the eBusiness Suite.

Steve Bell wrote:

> Hi,
> Personal Oracle is a self contained version of Oracle..it emulates most of
> what Oracle does but doesn't act as a server..you'd be wise to save your
> five bucks though on a version that old..you can download personal oracle
> from Oracle's website or purchase it on CD . I'd look for a much newer
> version though (8i).
> Hope this helps,
> Steve
>
> Die Spammer Die Now wrote:
>
> > I can get Personal Oracle7 Power Macintosh 7.1 from university for 5
> > bucks, but first I want to understand what it does. Is it just a
> > database, o server or a client, or what? is it still being developed on
> > Macintosh?
> >
> > I searched versiontracker.com and oracle.com and I didn't find any
> > relevant info.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Here is what the web page says:
> >
> > Oracle Database Management Software provides a complete database
> > development solution for educational and research purposes.
> > Effective July 1, 1998, there are no longer
> > license or support fees for Oracle products. There is a $5.00 charge for
> > each CD
> > ordered. Oracle documentation is provided through
> > Software Licensing Services only in CD format. The list of CD's
> > available to
> > students appears below. Print documentation may be
> > ordered directly from Oracle Corp.
Received on Fri Mar 16 2001 - 09:10:48 CST