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Free Oracle 8i CDs
Vic Metcalfe writes "Oracle is giving away free Oracle 8i CDs for Sparc Solaris and some obscure OS from Redmond. You have to be a Oracle Technology Network member, but membership is free. Now I wonder if this will run on my old SparcStation 2... "
I managed to nail myself a slot for it. OTN has been pretty kind so far, I've given them zip, and this will be the 2nd CD from them (the first being the Oracle 8 for Linux).
The registration page has been /.'ed. I can't
get in.
IBM is giving out free DB2 for Linux BETA CDROM's here.
- AC/"IBM employee"/DB2kicksOraclesArse...MAN!
That Oracle site is too dang slow right now. Did you guys do that? I'm an OTN member but I can't use the password look up facility and apparently I didn't use one of my standard ones. Darn
Sorry, have forgotten the password.
How about requesting them for a version for Solaris on Intel at least, if not Linux? I got the Solaris7 CD a few months back for £20 - and I can't afford to buy a SPARC!! Lots of you must be in the same state, so if we all join in and ask them nicely, they might just do it. Any takers ?
Biswa (biswapesh@h o t m a i l . c o m)
No really, I'm from India and getting SPARC hardware (new/old) in India is next to impossible. It is much easier to buy/assemble Intel based PCs. I definitely can't afford NT (and who would want to buy it anyway?).
You are thinking of "Raw Iron" - based on 8i,
but not the same as 8i - as I understand it,
Oracle 8i is the "new" name for Oracle 8, or
at least for one version of Oracle 8.
HTH,
Ken
Ya, I could have it shipped but for two problems :
a) The intra-India post system is totally unreliable - there is a very good probability that it will be either lost or broken by the time it reaches me.
b) The shipping costs for shiping to India are prohibitively expensive.
So I'm afraid the free stuff is pretty useless for me unless they offer one for Solaris x86 or I buy WinNT (which I refuse).
- Biswa (biswapesh@h o t m a i l . c o m)
by the time I get home to my email, I will miss out. :(
Not that i need oracle...
forget about registering.
I have been trying for 4 hours now and I have gotten nowhere
:(
I have a burned CD, but I must wait for a new disk. ;-) ;-))
I mean, it's *huge*...
My last new scsi disk is already full, and I'm quite a poor guy
Ah, well, I'll find a sponsor
I checked the Oracle site now, and their main-side
www.oracle.com is completely gone.
And technet.oracle.com no longer requires membership to order the CD.
Looks as if they had to do a server re-install or something.
Raw Iron is the 'appliance' using the Solaris MK first, then possibly Linux/HPUX/etc... they are still looking into it. it will depend on the hardware I think.
For the 30 day trial go here:
c .Show?doc_name=redesign/trialsoftware/o8_t rial.html&ref=2276432
http://oraclestore.oracle.com/orastore/plsql/Do
it's $4.95.. and not the easiest program to install.
Heh heh, I wonder how many Linux users will be forced to request the NT version because of the relatively small number of Sparc boxes out there. I was dissapointed they didn't offer a Linux version. Maybe they thought that they'd get /.'d if they did.
I got the CD and have it installed on my Red Hat 5.2 box. It works super, once you understand the installation process ;) Our Oracle DBA at work swears that on the same hardware, Oracle 8 on Linux is 2 to 4 times faster than the same setup on NT. Not have an NT box myself I can't verify this however.
And unless you have WebDB (or is DBWeb?) you have to run the gnu client utilities off a Windows box. SQL*Plus is more than good enough for me however.
Sig (appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars)
Well, SQL*Plus sucks compared to the MySQL interactive tool, dealing with CLOBs is a nightmare, and basically anything like an update needs to work on a single field (when using DBI) to be processed (never mind their ANSI "compliance"). The JDBC drivers work okay, although the fast (OCI) one apparently is fuct.
;-)
But it works well enough for my employers to use it as the underlying engine for a document tracking application, and it comes with support when you buy a license. I call in TARs all the time out of pure laziness -- Oracle tech support is actually pretty good. Either that or they're very masochistic, because I make a point of only calling in really nasty problems.
All in all it isn't bad -- you can't beat Oracle for scalability, although I miss the creature comforts of MySQL (readline, for starters).
Postgres is supposed to have readline in the most recent CVS version (thanks Ari!) so I'm probably going to try that out at home.
Remember that what's inside of you doesn't matter because nobody can see it.
I'm glad I got up early enough to claim my copy when I got the email from The OTN...BEFORE everyone /.'ed it...;)
Has anyone done much with Oracle 8 for Linux? I've got the CD, but haven't had a chance to dick with it yet...
I wonder if I can get the NT version to work with wine...Never thought I'd ever opt for the NT version of anything...
This ain't no steenkin' Windoze.
What did the comment enter? :) :) :)
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
I swear that when I read about Oracle 8i a few months back it was a self contained product that needed no OS. Ran off a Mach Microkernel. If so, then why does it need NT or solaris? does it need Sparc or Intel perhaps?
Shame they couldn't Gzip the files though.
The OTN registration appears to be /.ed. At least this will drive up their membership :-)
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There is no K5 cabal.
I am not the real rusty.
I have been to oracle's site and all of their products seem to be NT/UNIX only. Anyone have a pointer for info on getting oracle for linux ?
-- Donovan
Any time something is being given away for free and it is mentioned on /., the site to register on always gets /.'ed within seconds. Guess we all just want free shit. ;-)
Arg, I can't seem to get through from anywhere.
This sig is false.
Meaawhile I've got my DB2 CD.
:-)
But I have no clue how to work with this beast.
At least the example-sources are cool
Does any one know if Oracle 8i is compatible with DBD::Oracle?
I am happy not to have to try and get into the locked up site and add my name to Oracles list.
A coworker handed me a nice shrink-wrapped 8i CD.
Unfortunately, if we want to test their Spatial Cartridge, we need 8 seats of Enterprise Oracle, and 8 seats of SC....now if they were giving _that_ away, I'd spend the rest of the day hitting their site to sign up.
Can't I have absolutely everything for free? *blink*
Great News!
I was hoping someone would be working on something like this. Hook it up to GRASS 5.0 and things are lookging good.
We can't do it here for political reasons, but this is something I am personally very interested in. If you want the assistance of a GIS programmer (but not much else yet), drop me an email. marcus.cole@nospam.noaa.gov
For a schoolproject I made a Java applet talk to the Oracle 8 dbms for Linux. It worked like a charm. The Oracle dbms was on a 486dx2 66 Linux RH 5.1 box. It took a while to boot, but it worked fine.
This is one of Larry Ellison's (CEO of Oracle) dreams. It's still in the planning stages. Ora8i is the latest database server with more Java and web integration. Larry also wants an NC on every desktop. I just don't see IS departments going back to dumb terminals after the emergence of client-side horsepower. A server without an OS and NCs would thumbscrew a monopolistic OS maker.
You're right. I believe it does have a processor. It's just useless without a network connection. That's something the work environment loses often as they're 'upgrading' to the latest M$ server technology. I like feeling secure enough that when I log in, the network doesn't have to be there so I can work.
No... You're thinking of the Oracle Appliance that comes with its own operating system built into Oracle 8i. This is a complete unit that has everything bundled. Oracle 8i is the actual database engine. In response to the Anon Coward that replied to the parent of this Oracle 8i is NOT the new name for Oracle 8. 8i uses a completely different architecture to Oracle 8 and is bundled with the ability to use Java within the database.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are not the responsiblity of the user, as I probably stole them anyway
Yes, this will should run, if you have Solaris
>= 2.5.1, i think...