For those waiting for 11g on the big 3, it's now available for download. http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.6.0) Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, and Enterprise Edition Download Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (1.7 GB) | See All (Including Client, Examples, Gateways, Clusterware) Download Microsoft Windows (x64) (1.7 GB) | See All (Including Client, Examples, Clusterware) Download Linux x86 (1.7 GB) | See All (Including Client, Examples, Gateways, Clusterware) Download Linux x86-64 (1.8 GB) | See All (Including Client, Examples, Gateways, Clusterware) Download Solaris (SPARC) (64-bit) (1.9 GB) | See All (Including Client, Examples, Gateways, Clusterware) Download AIX (PPC64) Disk 1, Disk 2 (2.3 GB) | See All (Including Client, Examples, Gateways, Clusterware) Download HP-UX Itanium Disk 1, Disk 2 (2.3 GB) | See All (Including Client, Examples, Gateways, Clusterware) Download HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit) Disk 1, Disk 2 (2.3 GB) | See All (Including Client, Examples, Gateways, Clusterware) -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l