Re: I think too many people are downloading 10g database

From: Glen A Stromquist <glen_stromquist_at_no_spam_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:47:51 GMT
Message-ID: <X0tWb.30165$QX4.15353@clgrps13>

Howard J. Rogers wrote:

> "Glen A Stromquist" <glen_stromquist_at_no_spam_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:md7Wb.15977$7Q1.15136_at_clgrps12...
>

>>Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>>
>>>"Frank van Bortel" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
>>>news:c08qpm$j4u$1_at_news4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Paul Drake wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>>>
>>>news:<1076340039.968231_at_yasure>...
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>Niall Litchfield wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>americans are just starting to wake up...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For that you'll have to wait until after the first week in November.

>
> ;-)
>

>>>>>
>>>>>Oracle also sent out a notification email that it was available for
>>>>>release, if you had signed up for such notification via OTN.
>>>>>
>>>>>Pd
>>>>
>>>>Still coming in over here... at about 70kB/sec, which is far less than
>>>>usual; normally I get about 160kB/sec or more from OTN
>>>>-- 
>>>
>>>
>>>Agreed. I'm still chugging along at 2.2K/sec. 30% complete! Thursday's
>>>looking promising.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>HJR
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Just started mine, so far so good, 140-160 Kb/sec, should be done in an
>>hour or so.
>>
>>Now if my SuSE 9 wasn't lost in purolator-land I could use this box with
>>the new MB and SATA drives to test it out...(if its better than RH9 at
>>seeing the sata drives, that is)
>>
>>Geez Howard, probably  faster if I burn you a cd this afternoon and mail
>>it to you!!
>>

>
>
> I'm open to offers!!!
>
> I had a look at faster options last night. ISDN -a pathetic 128kbps for
> around $90 per month, uploads and downloads included in the paltry bandwidth
> allocation. ADSL is out, because I'm a huge 100kms from the CBD and no
> exchanges are enabled around here. Ditto for cable. Satellite is looking
> good, apart from the fact that one-way satellite is $90 per month at 400kbps
> with just 1GB bandwidth (which I was quick to realise is only about one
> Oracle CD's worth, plus posting here and a bit of light news surfing at the
> BBC), and there's a hefty several hundred dollar charge for installation.
> Two-way satellite is even scarier. If I want a 3GB bandwidth limit at
> 400kbps in both directions, I'm looking at (from memory) $250 per month,
> plus the huge installation costs, and uploads are counted as bandwidth, and
> if I don't use any of my bandwidth one month, it's lost for ever not rolled
> over. Oh and you have to stay signed up for 18 months, and if you jump ship
> early, they'll charge you another $400 departure tax.
>
> It's a scam, I tell you!
>
> Cheers,
> HJR

  I could burn you one this morning and have it in the mail this afternoon, but its wed already so your almost there in any case.

I was wondering tho, I havent seen any minimum hardware requirements for 10G, are they similar to 9i?

cheers Received on Wed Feb 11 2004 - 10:47:51 CST