Re: Patches for Oracle 9i

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:00:42 -0800
Message-ID: <1079193616.318687@yasure>

Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:11:15 GMT, Geert Diels <geert.diels_at_pandora.be>
> wrote:
>
>

>>I have download oracle 9i for linux (Fedora Core 1).
>>I want to install it on my PC but I need some patches
>>
>>>Download the following patches (3006854, 3119415) from
>>>metalink.oracle.com.
>>
>>But I don't have access to metalink. I'm only a home user who likes to
>>experiment with Oracle.
>>Is there another way to get those patches?

>
>
> There isn't. Read your license. Why would you get patches for free,
> where others pay for them while subscribing to Metalink. That doesn't
> sound fair, doesn't it.
> Also, if you do need patches, you are on a production system, and you
> should pay for Oracle anyway.
>
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

I agree but there is one exception. There is functionality exposted in 9.2.0.3 and 9.2.0.4, for example HTM_DB, that is not available with the 9.2.0.1 download.

But with respect to paying for patches ... I agree.

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