Re: Personal Oracle Patch for XP

You are right. LOL_at_me. Oracle lite is for pda's and such. I had a brain-fart.

I read the license agreement, and I do intend to only use the personal oracle on a trial basis. I will look in to the purchase of the single-user license, though. thanks.

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:402eeeff$0$18303$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
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> "que90nek" <mylescd_at_advantexmail.net> wrote in message
> news:102trbv8ejbf35b_at_corp.supernews.com...
> > I haven't paid one red cent. Was I supposed to? I thought with the
name
> > PERSONAL Oracle....that it was free. Should I have gotten Oracle Lite?
>
>
> No. Oracle Lite (IIRC, and it's sometimes difficult to keep the various
> products clear in one's head) is for web-based access stuff from personal
> organisers, handhelds, mobile phones and similar devices. Very different
> beast... and still chargeable.
>
> All Oracle software costs money. All of it.
>
> The confusion perhaps arises over the fact that all of it is also
> downloadable for free at technet.oracle.com. But they are made available
for
> you only to evaluate and assess. Read the trial license carefully, and it
> says (paraphrasing) 'not to be used to store any permanent data, personal,
> business-related or otherwise'. Once you've assessed an Oracle product to
be
> worthwhile, you're supposed to purchase a proper license for it, and then
> you can use it for storing anything you like. And part of that 'proper
> license' is the necessary information to log on to metalink.
>
> A single-user license for Personal Oracle isn't, however, very expensive.
I
> really can't recally how much, but we're not talking thousands.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
>
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> > "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
> > news:402ee811$0$4255$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> > > But Personal Oracle isn't free, is it? If you've purchased a software
> > > license so that it's a legitimate copy, you will have a Metalink
> account,
> > or
> > > so I believe.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > HJR
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> > > Oracle Insights: www.dizwell.com
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> > >
> > > "que90nek" <mylescd_at_advantexmail.net> wrote in message
> > > news:102tplhd2dnut5d_at_corp.supernews.com...
> > > > Can somebody please explain why I have to get the patch (patch 13)
> from
> > > > metalink for the Oracle 9i installation on XP?
> > > >
> > > > Does this strike anybody else as ODD? If it is a personal copy, why
> in
> > > the
> > > > world would I be able to afford a metalink account?
> > > >
> > > > *honestly, i'm hoping that somebody says, "um...you can get it
[here]
> > > > instead." or "you can get a metalink acct for FREE."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Friendship Is Essential to the Soul"
> > > > Calvin D. Myles Jr.
> > > > Database Developer
> > > >
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Received on Sat Feb 14 2004 - 22:07:50 CST