It seems to be the way ORACLE works, remember in V6 when you had to pay
extra for stored procedures? Somehow it doesn't seem like a comfort to
say wait for V9 when it will probably be free...
root wrote:
>
> Hehe, this sounds just like Sybase. They've been touting JVM in the
> machine for months and months and it's nowhere to be found in Adaptive
> Server. It's in SQL Anywhere but it's SQL Anyone's guess when it'll
> appear in ASE.
>
> On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:36:58 -0600, "Randall J. Parr"
> <rparr_at_temporal.com> wrote:
>
> >I have been trying to find information about Oracle 8i and specifically
> >8i on Linux (soon to be available?) and the differences between Standard
> >Edition and Enterprise Edition.
> >
> >I came accros some, for me at least, disturbing information.
> >
> >When I went to the Oracle Store (trying to see the difference in price
> >between Standard Edition and Entrerprise Edition) I found references to
> >something called JServer (NOT JDeveloper). The Oracle Store description
> >reads as if JServer is the JVM for 8i. I could find no other reference
> >to JServer on the Oracle sites but I did notice that the Oracle 8i has
> >started including references to the Java "option".
> >
> >This disturbs me because Java in the server has been the entire emphasis
> >and reason for living for 8i. BUT it appears that it has become a server
> >option (which costs almost as much as the server did in the first
> >place).
> >
> >Is this true? If I upgrade, under my maintenance, etc., am I going to
> >get a version of 8i without Java thus being forced to buy the server all
> >over again to get a version of 8i with Java?
> >
> >R.Parr
> >Temporal Arts
> >
> >
Received on Sun Mar 21 1999 - 20:31:02 CST
