Re: Where do you get Oracle ?

I can vouch for the fact that download speeds from Oracle are very inconsistent. I had to try several times before I got good speed from them to my cable modem. When I finally did get a good speed though it worked real well.

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:43:10 GMT, "Adrian Shepherd" <theshepherds_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Wrong , I have cable via bigpond and had the same rate on ISDN in the U.K.
>and similiar rates in Israel and Copenhagen. there have been similiar
>experiences posted in this NG. Clearly you did not d/l from Oracle's FTP
>server over the Internet , yet you choose to mislead the poor poster into
>wasting his time...
>
>Pompous ass...
>
>"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
>news:39a2616e_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
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>> "Adrian Shepherd" <theshepherds_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:KHso5.8305$Xg.82694_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> > Dont count on anything greater than a couple of KB/s when downloading
 from
>> > Oracle. My d/l log shows a measly 0.4k/s transfer speed (over Cable),
 the
>> > transfer rate has been abysmal for a couple of weeks both from the U.K.
 ,
>> > U.S and in Australia. If you still want to try and d/l it, get yourself
 a
>> > good d/l manager such as getright or gozilla. Prepare to wait.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> Strange, it took me around an hour and a half to download Lite AND the
>> Enterprise Edition.
>>
>> Like I said, get a friend with a good office connection.
>>
>> Clearly, Adrian has a 56K modem on a bad day with a dodgy ISP.
>> HJR
>>
>>
>> > "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
>> > news:39a248eb_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
>> > >
>> > > "Jon Temple" <temple_at_techie.com> wrote in message
>> > > news:pqho5.7977$%O6.513061_at_bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> > > > I want to learn Oracle, starting with PL/SQL. My company will be
 getting
>> > > > Oracle in a few months, but I want to study now. Have a book which
 looks
>> > > > pretty good, but I need Oracle and SQL* to do the labs.
>> > > >
>> > > > Can I get a CD(s) with this on it? Does The Personal Edition of
 Oracle
 have
>> > > > the SQL* tool?
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > You will discover that Oracle Lite 8.1.6 is available as a CD if you
 dabble
>> > > around http://technet.oracle.com. However, it takes weeks to arrive
 (I
>> > > ordered one on a 'dare' from a student about 6 weeks ago, and it still
>> > > hasn't arrived).
>> > >
>> > > Lite is fairly fully functional.
>> > >
>> > > What you'd be better off doing, however, is finding a friend who works
 for
 a
>> > > company with a decent Internet connection, and downloading the lot on
 that
>> > > connection (ie, the Enterprise Edition). They only need a CD burner,
 and
>> > > you're off.
>> > >
>> > > Regards
>> > > HJR
>> > >
>> > > > Saw a 400MG download on ORACLE.COM, too big for a download, any
 other
 ideas
>> > > > where I can get this to load on my home Win 98 computer?
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks in advance,
>> > > >
>> > > > Jon
>> > > > temples_at_att.net
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Received on Wed Aug 23 2000 - 00:14:16 CEST