Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 09:19:32 +1000 From: Joe Shevland <joe.shevland@horizonti.com> To: marc@bowtie.nl Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle 7 on FreeBSD Message-ID: <35524184.5CF8@horizonti.com> References: <199805071628.SAA24315@nietzsche.intra.bowtie.nl>
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Marc van Kempen wrote: > > > On Thu, 7 May 1998 at 2:27:01 -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Thu, 7 May 1998, Mariusz Potocki wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> On 07-May-98 Julian Elischer wrote: > > >>> Steve Shoecraft wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> It'd be no problem for me to FTP the tar file and give it try... I > > >>>> PROMISE I'll delete it when I'm done... > > >>>> > > >>> That wouldn't be quite what nc had in mind by 'demo' :-) > > >> > > >> I lost some mail from this thread, so sorry if I'm off topic. > > >> It would be great if someone let access to some Oracle binaries. > > >> I know it's semi legal, but for some experiments, for choosen guys... > > > > > > I have the binaries but I'm not in a position to give them out as they are > > > on an NC server we are evaluating. however I can say that they DO work.. > > > > > > My best suggestion is for people to NAG ORACLE and NC! > > > you need to get pressure at the sales office. > > > > Julian's right. It seems that nagging convinced O'Reilly to publish a > > FreeBSD book, despite years of attempts on my part (and proof that the > > book was selling well). Oracle seems a good next target. > > > > Does anyone have an Email address I can send my message to? > I've just spoken to some of the parties involved with the NCI NC's down here in regard to Oracle 7 and FreeBSD. Now, going by what I was just told, FreeBSD _is_ definitely being discontinued 8( NT will replace this, and the Solaris effort is ongoing too. The NT version is now in beta. I'm not trying to spread misinformation, this is from an authoritive source. I think anyone will have a very hard time trying to purchase the Oracle 7 binaries; I'd be very surprised. From what I've heard, they've scrapped that side of things and will not release the code (I'm not saying a large amount of public pressure wouldn't change their minds, not saying it will either). -- Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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