Re: Oracle and the Macintosh
Date: 1998/04/05
Message-ID: <B14D833B9668325D6_at_0.0.0.0>#1/1
In article <352558B0.36C932BE_at_utmem1.utmem.edu>, Billy Barnett <bbarnett_at_utmem1.utmem.edu> wrote:
>Subject: Oracle and the Macintosh
>From: Billy Barnett <bbarnett_at_utmem1.utmem.edu>
>Organization: University of Tennessee
>Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 15:46:24 -0600
>Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.tools
>
>We have over 80 Oracle databases running with up to 500 users connecting
>to the database through terminal emulators, 95% from Macintosh's.
>Oracle has announced that the Mac will not be supported for Oracle
>tools. We do not have the funds to convert all Macs to PC's. Does
>anyone know of a solution on how to run GUI applications on a Mac? We
>have explored the Web, but this does not seem to be a reliable solution
>yet. Citrix servers are way too expensive.
>
You can create very nice database front-ends for the mac using tools like omnis-7 or studio. Look at http://www.omnis.com for more info. The nicest part of it is that the app's are completely X-platform.
There is no need to stick with the oracle tools at all. As long as you can use SQL*net from the client there's no problem. (I don't like odbc).
Ronald
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