Re: :Free PC Oracle - Its There NOW!

In article <D2K35p.B7t_at_tsegw.tse.com> tcogen_at_tsegw.tse.com (Tony Cogen) writes:
>rob.mcgrath_at_onlinesys.com (Rob Mcgrath) writes:
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>>According to the January 4th Wall Street Journal (page B1), the PC
>>version of Oracle will be available for free download on the internet.
>>Further descriptions of the strategy sounds like the shareware, or
>>try-before-you-buy concept.
 

>>The article does not quote an ftp site. Does anyone know where this can
>>be obtained?
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>According to the WWW server www.oracle.com, Personal Oracle 7 and other Oracle
>products will be available by the end of Jan. 1995. I believe the only Oracle
>product available for trial right now is the Oracle Workgroup server. The
>ftp.oracle.com site just seems to be based on the world wide web info. The
>server directory and client directory on ftp.oracle.com are apparently just the
>Oracle workgroup components. Check again at the end of January.
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>Tony Cogen
>The Toronto Stock Exchange

Its there now - I am downloading it as I write this 16Meg for the big version. Received on Wed Jan 18 1995 - 15:15:01 CET