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Subject: Re: Oracle8 Release 8.0.5 for LINUX 2.0.34
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Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > > Oracle will not run on FreeBSD at this stage.  It is likely that it
> > > > will not be supported on the 2.2.x family at all.
> > >
> > > Unless you get the version of Oracle that Oracle sells on their
> > > FreeBSD-running NC server, in which case it runs great on 2.2.6
> > > and above.
> > >
> > > This would incidently make it a FreeBSD issue instead of a Linux
> > > emulation issue, killing two birds with one stone.  8-).
> >
> > Last time I heard from John Dyson on this list about that, the FreeBSD
> > version wasn't a publicly available thing.  Love to have it, I'm doing a
> > Oracle class project now, and it sure would be lovely to have (drool!)
>
> You don't get if you don't ask.
>
> In other words, ask them for it.  The difference between an internal
> and a public release is whether there is a perceived market for the
> thing or not.
>

Any suggestions on how to ask?  I've asked via

   http://www.oracle.com/siteadmin/html/contactus.html

whether they have plans to release ANY of their products for FreeBSD. This was
a few days ago and I have yet to hear from them.

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