Re: Where do you get Oracle ?

Wrong , I have cable via bigpond and had the same rate on ISDN in the U.K. and similiar rates in Israel and Copenhagen. there have been similiar experiences posted in this NG. Clearly you did not d/l from Oracle's FTP server over the Internet , yet you choose to mislead the poor poster into wasting his time...

Pompous ass...

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message news:39a2616e_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
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> "Adrian Shepherd" <theshepherds_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:KHso5.8305$Xg.82694_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > Dont count on anything greater than a couple of KB/s when downloading
 from
> > Oracle. My d/l log shows a measly 0.4k/s transfer speed (over Cable),
 the
> > transfer rate has been abysmal for a couple of weeks both from the U.K.
 ,
> > U.S and in Australia. If you still want to try and d/l it, get yourself
 a
> > good d/l manager such as getright or gozilla. Prepare to wait.
> >
> >
>
>
> Strange, it took me around an hour and a half to download Lite AND the
> Enterprise Edition.
>
> Like I said, get a friend with a good office connection.
>
> Clearly, Adrian has a 56K modem on a bad day with a dodgy ISP.
> HJR
>
>
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
> > news:39a248eb_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> > >
> > > "Jon Temple" <temple_at_techie.com> wrote in message
> > > news:pqho5.7977$%O6.513061_at_bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > > > I want to learn Oracle, starting with PL/SQL. My company will be
 getting
> > > > Oracle in a few months, but I want to study now. Have a book which
 looks
> > > > pretty good, but I need Oracle and SQL* to do the labs.
> > > >
> > > > Can I get a CD(s) with this on it? Does The Personal Edition of
 Oracle
 have
> > > > the SQL* tool?
> > > >
> > >
> > > You will discover that Oracle Lite 8.1.6 is available as a CD if you
 dabble
> > > around http://technet.oracle.com. However, it takes weeks to arrive
 (I
> > > ordered one on a 'dare' from a student about 6 weeks ago, and it still
> > > hasn't arrived).
> > >
> > > Lite is fairly fully functional.
> > >
> > > What you'd be better off doing, however, is finding a friend who works
 for
 a
> > > company with a decent Internet connection, and downloading the lot on
 that
> > > connection (ie, the Enterprise Edition). They only need a CD burner,
 and
> > > you're off.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > HJR
> > >
> > > > Saw a 400MG download on ORACLE.COM, too big for a download, any
 other
 ideas
> > > > where I can get this to load on my home Win 98 computer?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > Jon
> > > > temples_at_att.net
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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Received on Tue Aug 22 2000 - 07:43:10 CDT