Re: Oracle in Windows? ... Oracle client/server support for Windows!

From: Frank M. Lopez <flopez_at_oracle.uucp>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1992 17:26:57 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Apr29.172657.28409_at_oracle.us.oracle.com>


In article <1298_at_lucifer.UUCP> rst_at_eg.lucasauto.co.uk (Richard Thombs) writes:
>No, Oracle doesn't have a product that runs under Windows, 3.1 or otherwise. A
>bit of a shame really as Oracle are supposed to be in the business of producing
>client/server solutions, but only really seem to be knocking out servers.
>--
>Richard Thombs Lucas Powertrain Systems,
>Systems Administrator Phoenix Way,
>Mail: rst_at_eg.lucasauto.co.uk Cirencester, GL7 1QG,
>Phone: +44 285 657981 x233 England.

Oracle has shipped the following support for Microsoft Windows:

  1. Oracle for Windows DDE/ToolBook Interface Version 1.0
    • which includes two tools: "Oracle DDE Manager" and "Oracle for ToolBook".
  2. Oracle Card Version 1.1 for Windows
  3. Oracle Card Version 1.1 Runtime for Windows
  4. Pro*C V1.2 and Pro*C V1.3 for MS-DOS which both include support for Microsoft Windows in the form of DLLs for OCI and Pro*C.

Oracle has also announced product extensions for "Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing" which is expected to ship in Q4 92 as "Oracle Card for Pen Computing".

At Comdex/Spring Oracle showed an ORACLE server running on Windows NT.

  • Frank -
Received on Wed Apr 29 1992 - 19:26:57 CEST

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