Re: How to make Oracle database changing at home?

From: Paul Murphy <pmurphy_at_scsinet.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 04:01:35 GMT
Message-ID: <zW1w9.44314$c51.13170502@twister.nyroc.rr.com>

"Joel Garry" <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote in message news:91884734.0210301648.75c48dc2_at_posting.google.com...
> "Terry Mu" <terry_mu_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:<wHDv9.100330$mxk1.12627_at_news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>...
> > Where can I get Oracle 8i for Solaris x86?
>
> I'm sure Oracle charges a pretty penny for that. Go for Linux.

I ordered the media package for Solaris x86 and they sent a CD of 8i EE for Solaris x86 with it, along with Forte for Java, GNOME and a bunch of other stuff. Obviously, you can't use Oracle commercially for free, but for learning at home, it should be fine. Read the license. I think it cost me about $10 and they shipped it FedEx (about 10 CDs). However, I don't disagree with the "go for linux" statement, though. I downloaded Larry Ellison's LinuxWorld presentation about clustering and it looks like Oracle is really putting some weight behind their Linux push. You might be better off:

Just getting 9i on Linux
Buying a used SPARC workstation and running Oracle on it.

Good luck...

-Paul Murphy Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 22:01:35 CST