Re: Postgree vs Oracle in a Linux Server

"Alvaro Fuentes" <alvarof2_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:DR7m8.38140$Dv6.1627789_at_typhoon.austin.rr.com...
>
> Oracle 8i means Oracle 8.1.7 Server for Solaris, AIX, etc.
> A trial version can be downloaded from
> http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle8i/content.html

so far so good.

>
> Oracle 9i means the advanced server version 9.0.1.1 that contains also
> the OEM (Enterprise Manager) and the WebDB, and
> you can download a trial version from
> http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle9i/content.html

However OEM also comes with an 8i distribution. WebDB is part of the Application Server and is now called Oracle portal.

>
> Oracle 11i Means the UNIX full-fledged latest release that
> can be obtained by Purchasing the Server License from Oracle,
> which contains enhanced web portal capabilities and Java Technologies
> integration.

And is an application suite not a database at all.

>
> Daniel Morgan,
>
> The Oracle people in my Company and other local Companies (both developers
> and administrators) have a very different opinion than yours about how
much
> Oracle experience I have in big RS/6000's Servers and SUN Enterprise
> 10000's.

Possibly, however an ability to refer to application suites, application servers and databases as if they were the same product doesn't encourage really does it..

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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