RE: 11gR1 on MacOSX
- From: "Matthew Zito" <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:20:37 -0400
I agree, and with snapshot capabilities inside of the VM, it makes
testing oh-so-easy. Plus, now that you can get a reasonably sized
laptop with 4GB of RAM or a bulky one with 8, it's feasible to run a
couple of VMs simultaneously. I have run two windows and one Linux VM
at one time on my 4GB Mac laptop, and while I wouldn't recommend doing
any heavy gaming, I was still able to surf the web, ssh places, etc.
Matt
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Norris
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:59 AM
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Subject: Re: 11gR1 on MacOSX
Personally, I have never installed databases on my laptop (back in my
Windows days or today on my Mac). I always install inside a VM (usually
a Linux guest). I have used the instant client on MacOS with success. It
is downloadable from
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.h
tml
Dan
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I think oracle stopped developing the database on Macintosh. I have a
mac laptop. Apple does not document how to code on its OS so it goes out
of its way to make it hard for developers to make applications. There
is a good google video about the vmware team and how hard it was to make
vmware on the macintosh. Apple is a proprietary software and hardware
company. They see mac developers as competitors so they want to produce
most of the software for the mac.
I think there was a dispute between Oracle and Apple about something or
other and oracle either discontinued developing on the mac or there is
some kind of delay.
mac is not as big of a deal as the mac whackos make it out to be.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Robert Freeman
<robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So... I'm the proud owner of a slightly used MacBook (Intel). I know
virtually nothing about OS X or MAC's, so it's a learning experience. I
see that Oracle 10g is available for OSX but I'm not seeing anything for
11g. Am I just stuck with using 10g or does someone out there have some
insight for me on how I can install 11g on my MAC?
Robert G. Freeman
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