[rescue] Sun memo regarding Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 05:45 PM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>>    Agreed.  The last Oracle system I installed was version 7 under
>> SunOS4, which had a purely textual install...and even *it* took long
>> enough to be painfully boring.  I can only imagine what it's like with
>> a poorly-written GUI.  I'd probably be suicidal.
>
> On a U1e, it takes about 5 minutes to load, and another 2 or so to
> finish drawing the opening dialog (which doesn't use standard widgets,
> of course).  A half hour later, I got to the point where it told me 
> that
> I needed another 64MB of memory to perform the install, at which point
> the CD became shiny glitter on my wall.

   OH MY GOD.

   I repeat: OH MY GOD.

> PostgreSQL forever!

   Yes.

     -Dave

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