Re: Getting Ora8i for Linux

I saw somthing the other day put out by Oracle, they are working on it and should have much better download speeds in the near future. I would take that with a grain of salt for a company that claims to be the future on the web they move pretty slowly.

In article <m1ya7bvtdz.fsf_at_inconnu.isu.edu>,   Craig Kelley <ink_at_inconnu.isu.edu> wrote:
> 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?
>
> :)
>
> --
> The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
> Craig Kelley -- kellcrai_at_isu.edu
> http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger ink@inconnu.isu.edu for PGP block
>

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Before you buy. Received on Wed Apr 12 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT