Ed Stevens wrote:
> On 16 Nov 2004 17:37:40 -0800, wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au (Noons) wrote:
>
>>Brian Dick <bdick_at_cox.net> wrote in message
> news:<kph48bk7nolx$.1dyli46ofitkf.dlg_at_40tude.net>...
>>> They only put the 1's on the disk and left off the 0's. Also, even
> though
>>> 0's were nothing, they were wider than the 1's and therefore took
> up more
>>> space.
>>
>>Now, THAT is compression!
>
> Of course, now you have to buy the supplementary zero kit. It's
> included in the Enterprise Edition license, but is an extra cost item
> for Standard Edition licensees.
>
> And Patch #73.b is required to fix the routine that merges the zeros
> back in to the installed binaries.
In fact the first patch set for 10g on Solaris is 648MB in Size (IIRC).
Maybe that's the other half of the software. :-)
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Received on Wed Nov 17 2004 - 11:52:27 CST
