Dev tools like jdeveloper, sqldeveloper, etc. can likely be made to work on OSX with minimal tweaking and repackaging. XE, however, is "desktop-oriented" primarily in size, apart from missing a few advanced features. I suspect that porting a large portion of the RDBMS code base is a bit more labor-intensive than making Java-based dev tools Mac compatible. :) I agree with Tim. Virtualization (and/or "Teh Cloud!") moots the argument for an OS X-native version of the RDBMS. I was excited when the 10gR2 version came out, but it mostly gathered dust on my HD after a while, in favor of a lot of VMs. Regards, John P. Sent from a mobile device to deliver a more rapid response. Please excuse brevity and typos. On 2011-09-17, at 1:14 PM, Fernando José Andrade <jotawolf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I guess for using it with jdeveloper for testing/developing SOA, BPEL,etc it > will be a nice thing, since mabooks are selling quite well. > I heard that more and more Oracle employees are using macbooks and since > it's not an laptop option in-company they buy em for themselves. > One friend that works inside Oracle said that it's also a configuration > portal for macbooks so they get all the corporate stuff configured, and it > was not build by a corporate order but by employee initiative. > If XE is a desktop oriented versión it should be a version for a well > selling OS. > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Tim Hall <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> And exactly how many customers pick OS X when considering a new server? >> >> Answer: Nobody... It is such an marginal OS on the server it doesn't even >> count. >> >> I'm not being narky, but would you seriously waste money porting to an >> OS nobody is going to use? If they think it's worth canning support >> for all those Superdome servers out there, I can't see a sudden rush >> to support OS X. :) >> >> Cheers >> >> Tim... >> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Sven Aluoor <aluoor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Tim Hall <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Oracle produces server software. With that in mind, do you think OS X >>>> warrants any attention from Oracle? When they release a new server >>>> product, should OS X be on their list of platforms to care about? I >>>> wouldn't waste my time and money on it, and typically they don't >>>> either. >>> >>> There is a server version of Lion, which includes PostgreSQL. >>> >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> >> > > > -- > --------------------------------------- > Fernando Jose Andrade > http://www.fjandrade.com > M: +0034-649-162-100 > @Madrid.Spain > --------------------------------------- > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l