Oracle Breaks New Ground

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by Derrick Story
Network Newsletter for 11/19/2002

Dear Reader,

The OracleWorld conference in San Francisco concluded last week. We've been covering this technology for some time and have noticed a few new wrinkles lately.

For example, Oracle has quietly ported a prerelease developer version of 9i to Mac OS X. David Simpson has authored a terrific two-part series that explains much about 9i itself and the importance of this move to Mac OS X.

And in case you missed it, O'Reilly editor Jonathan Gennick published a comprehensive Weblog highlighting some of his favorite takeaways from the recent OracleWorld show.

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Indeed we live in interesting times: Oracle on Mac OS X? Wow! Stay tuned to O'Reilly. Who knows what will happen next?

See you soon,

Derrick

Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Managing Editor
derrick@oreilly.com

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