Path: news.easynews.com!easynews!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Ron Reidy Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc Subject: Re: Where can I buy Oracle 8i Enterprise Used? Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:00:03 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3C1835D3.D9F2EFAA@indra.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3c1723af$0$8510$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 50 Xref: easynews comp.databases.oracle.misc:73702 X-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:19:45 MST (news.easynews.com) Raheen Ballard wrote: > > Thx, but when I try to download it from home (via the Oracle.com site), I > get a "Server Hangup" message...is there a way around this? Just to see if > it would work, I tried to download it in class, and it let me through...is > because they registered with the company or something? > > TIA! > > "Niall Litchfield" wrote in message > news:3c1723af$0$8510$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net... > > You can't. at least not legally. What you can do is get a free version for > > trial and educational use - i.e. not production. > > > > > > -- > > Niall Litchfield > > Oracle DBA > > Audit Commission UK > > ***************************************** > > Please include version and platform > > and SQL where applicable > > It makes life easier and increases the > > likelihood of a good answer > > > > ****************************************** > > "Raheen Ballard" wrote in message > > news:E7DR7.299806$5A3.116830725@news1.rdc2.pa.home.com... > > > Hi! Anybody know where i can buy a used copy of 8i Enteprise edition for > > > Win98 or Win2000 used?...as in CHEAP! ;-) > > > > > > Thx! > > > > > > > > > > No, technet has been having issues with their servers for a while (several weeks). I have sent several emails to their suppoort group about download problems, and their response is always "IE always works" (which, of course, does all of Linux users absolutley no good) and their attitude has been dismissive about looking into and resolving the issue. So, my advise is to keep trying. Eventually you might get through. And, everytime you can't do what you want, send an email to their support group, explain the problem fully (including your environment) and, maybe someday, they will get enough pressure to take care of it. -- Ron Reidy Oracle DBA Reidy Consulting, L.L.C.