Re: Getting Ora8i for Linux

I downloaded it on Saturday night at 20KB/sec. Not great, but I've seen much worse from the Big O...

Ron

ethanpost_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> 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.
 

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