Oracle Announces New Oracle9i Developer Release For Jaguar

by , 1:15 PM EDT, August 27th, 2002

Apple got a big boost in the enterprise market today as Oracle released a new developer release for Oracle9i, its enterprise level database solution. The new release is designed to work with Mac OS X Server, and Oracle is pushing Xserve as the preferred hardware. From Oracle's press release:

Oracle today announced the immediate availability of the Oracle9i Database Release 2 Developers Release on Mac OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar," Apple's UNIX-based operating system, as part of an early access program for the Oracle and Apple developer community. The software download is immediately available free-of-charge to all registered Oracle Technology Network members. With this release, Apple developers can build applications that leverage Oracle's leading database technology running on Xserve, Apple's powerful new rack-mount server.

Oracle's latest installment, Oracle9i Database Release 2, offers new high availability, business intelligence and XML features, as well as numerous performance and manageability improvements.

You can find more information on this release at Oracle's Web site.

Richard Burton assisted with this article.

The Mac Observer Spin:

When and if Oracle delivers full Mac OS X support in its products, Apple will be in an excellent position to sell more Macs to the corporate space. In fact, Oracles endorsement of Mac OS X Server offers Apple credibility even with those who aren't using it. Oracle is the real deal in the enterprise market, and by extension, Apple must be too.

This ongoing relationship is largely built on the friendship of Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, and Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, as well as Mr. Ellison's abiding loathing of Microsoft, but Mac OS X Server has to be able to deliver for Oracle to work with it. In other words, Apple is doing something right to make Oracle9i a possibility, and this is a Good Thing™.

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