Hi everybody,

My name is Sebastian and I'm new in the group. Yesterday I arrived late 
because I had a problem at work at the very last minute. However I found 
the meeting super interesting.

I'd like to see if someone could give me some piece of advise... I have 
ZERO experience with Oracle. I'm a Software Engineer and I've been 
working for more than 7 years in development (open source technologies 
basically). When it comes to DBs, I have some good knowledge about 
MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server (the only MS product I like). As OS, at 
the moment I'm working with Linux Ubuntu 9.04.
So, my question is what would be the best way to start working with / 
studying Oracle?? What can I install to actually have the DBMS running 
in my laptop and start writing PL/SQL?? Oracle XE??

Then, do you consider I can get any change of getting a internship 
position (I don't have much free time) or what would be the best way to 
get started in this field? I see that ALL the positions require a lot of 
experience.

Sorry for writing to the whole list about a personal issue. Feel free to 
write me to my personal email address and thanks everybody.

I look forward to seeing you in the next meet up.

Kind Regards,
Sebastian