I called Oracle sales when the Apple Xserve was announced, and they said it
would be "a year or more" before they supported the database on MacOSX.
David Simpson
www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net
"nettdata" <nettdata_at_noSpAM_nettdata.com> wrote in message
news:3D341B2B.90601_at_noSpAM_nettdata.com...
> Richard-
>
> It just makes no sense to me. Sure, the DB Installer itself is written
> in Java, as are other aspects of Oracle's technology stack (why they are
> still using AWT is beyond me, though). Some of them even work properly
> on MAC OS X, such as JDeveloper.
>
> Meanwhile, some of the web-based, Java applet consoles, such as Oracle
> Enterprise Manager, _REQUIRE_ JInitiator to run. Unfortunately,
> JInitiator is a WIN32-only plug-in for IE or Netscape. This means that
> while they have written it in Java, they've effectively eliminated the
> platform independence that Java affords.
>
> While my browsers for OS X (Mozilla, IE 5.2, Netscape) all have JVM's,
> none of them are recognized or allowed by these consoles.
>
> I was just wondering if anyone had a work-around handy (before I delve
> into it myself) or if anyone had any information from Oracle regarding
> timelines for support, etc.
>
>
>
> ...jeff
>
>
>
>
> Richard Foote wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I think if you asked the good folks at Oracle, you'll find the reason
why
> > they wrote the installer in Java is so that it is platform independent.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Richard
> > "nettdata" <nettdata_at_noSpAM_nettdata.com> wrote in message
> > news:3D33A822.2080009_at_noSpAM_nettdata.com...
> >
> >>Hello all-
> >>
> >>I was wondering if anyone has any information about running the OEM
> >>Web-based console on a non-Microsoft platform?
> >>
> >>It seems that you need to have JInitiator installed in order to have it
> >>work, and, well, this kind of sucks! (Never mind that I'm using Mac OS
> >>X more and more, and would REALLY like to be able to use OEM with it)
> >>
> >>
> >>Does anyone know of a way to get it to work without JInitiator?
> >>
> >>
> >>Anyone know about any plans to make it more cross-platform?
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>...jeff
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 18 2002 - 00:35:15 CDT
