I'm trying to access the download for oracle XE on windows but it fails with 404 error. Is Oracle leveraging its possession of mysql or is it a temporarily error?
This is not specific to Express Edition. Pretty much all of the download links are broken - I also tried 11g Server and ApEx. Ironically the MySQL links still seem to be working.
According to this thread in the OTN Forums it is a problem with OTN site. Basically nobody outside of the USA can download anything. internal (bug) reference : iSupport 17538053 - Downloading from OTN is no more possible
There is a post towards the end of that thread which has a potential workaround: use Firefox 3.5.9 with a manual proxy. Find it here.