Re: Getting Ora8i for Linux

Martin Hepworth <maxsec_at_totalise.co.uk> writes:

> "John Arnott - PDbS, Inc." wrote:
> >
> > I have been trying to download the the 815ship.tgz file from Oracle OTN for
> > 4 days now. I continually get ftp access denied errors.
> >
> > I have the CDs on the way (4-6 weeks), but I wanted to get started right
> > away. At minimum, it would be nice to get the linux client.
> >
> > Does anybody have any suggestions as to an alternate source?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > John Arnott
> > jarnott_at_PDbS.com
>
> HI
> well... I find the ftp access crap as well. Good job they support
> resume.
>
> Anyway best time of day seems to be around 7-9am GMT (thats 5 hours
> ahead of EST) to get things started. Even then it takes many attempt to
> get in and I only get 7-8 kps.
>
> If Oracle want to themselves taken seriously for doing e-commerce for
> their own operations they are going to have to look at their ftp
> bandwidth.

Not to mention that Technet is the slowest site on the internet... So much for WebDB, eh?

:)  

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