Personal Lab for study purposes...

Hi DBAs,

I think having a 'functional Oracle DBA lab' at home is useful thing. Previously I got some 'Trial Pack' CDs or Oracle 7.x which I used to use for 90 days or so. I donot see those packs now.

I am planning to set up my own Oracle Server for non-commercial database use. I donot need Oracle Support. This will be used by me alone and for studying purposes only.

I plan to purchase a new PC soon.

Based on this, I would like to know that can I do this thing legally? Where are the 'Trial Packs' available these days? How long can I use them? Any legal issues?
Any suggestions about OS? Planning to go for NT. Just because I want the efforts to be concentrated on Oracle part. Other UNIX stuff I can do on test machines at work which have good software and hardware which would be impractical to purchase at home due to price.

Thanks and Regards, Received on Fri Dec 01 2000 - 07:16:42 CST