Re: Where do you get Oracle ?

"Adrian Shepherd" <theshepherds_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:xPsp5.11524$Xg.110246_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Thats 8 Kilobytes per second, the other fool would have us beleive that he
> first got a friend with a fast internet connection and then changed his
 mind
> and said that he himself downloaded at least 500MB in 90 minutes (8EE and
> 8lite). By my reckoning thats over 90 KBytes per second sustained. He
> bullshits somewhat terribly to try and justify his point. Perhaps his mate
> did it within the Oracle Intranet/Internal network, but he sure didnt do
 it
> as claimed without that kind of help.
>

Dear Adrian,

I realise you are pissed off that you fucked up so bad about confusing wishlists and factual Oracle information, and getting called on your confusion. But try and cool down. Read my original post carefully.

I suggested the poster find someone with a fast Internet connection and use that to download the stuff -because I *know* that technet is not the most reliable download source in the world, and I wouldn't waste my 56K band-thinth on that sort of connection.

It ain't perfect, and I made no guarantees -but if he wants to do downloads, this is a reasonable suggestion. I did my download using a colleague's T1 connection. You can do whatever maths you want, but I stand by my figures -give or take fifteeen minutes. I wasn't counting that closely.

And neither, clearly, were the plentitude of posters who have claimed that technet was a perfectly viable source of material for them. Please don't blame me because you can't configure a decent Internet connection -read the replies. And then try and make a *cool* judgement about whether I was misleading the original poster.

Now, dear. I realise your ass has been whipped, but get off the case, calm down, back off and try and post about Oracle matters, rather than Rogers matters. You will look less the idiot for doing so.

HJR
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> <evil_mind_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8o4946$ol1$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com.
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> > Even for me it was pretty fast... I got avg. download speed of 70-80
> > kbps...
> >
> >
> > Luv
> >
> > Evil Mind
> >
> >
> > In article <yzuo5.8575$Xg.84937_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> > "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...
> > > >
> > > > "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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> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
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Received on Fri Aug 25 2000 - 13:47:37 CEST