Re: 2GB limit of memory for Oracle on WIndows 32 bit

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:28:13 +0200
Message-ID: <f6bg3o$giu$1@news1.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>

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Niall Litchfield wrote:
> On Jun 29, 9:07 pm, Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bor..._at_gmail.com>
> wrote:

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>>> and applications.  Each 32-bit application can access up to 2 GB of
>>> addressable memory space, which is large enough to support even the
>>> largest desktop application.
>> L'histoire se repete... Didn't I hear something similar on the
>> 640kB address model?

>
> No. Well you almost certainly did but inaccurately.
>
> http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=91182 for example.

Well - I don't believe that, either, because only 256k was allocated to "special" purposes (the I/O map, to be exact) Some models, running MS/DOS, ran with 768kB of memory, and could *use* it (to run Oracle V4, for example). The TI Professional Computer was such a machine. That fact does not comply with the quoted article.

MS has been twisting history before (not to use the word rewrite, which is too strong), and has always bee excellent in marketing.
>
> I do like the idea of Oracle as a desktop application though :)

And I stated AutoCAD as an example, not Oracle.
>
> Niall
>

I guess this will soon also be one of those 'never said 2GB was enough' things.

Bottom line is - you'll never have enough memory. There will always be a product that uses more. Just like CPU power. - --
Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
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