pyrhon and oracle

[Lee Gray]

Satheesh Babu wrote:

> cx_Oracle might be the *easiest* to use. I use DCOracle while working
> with Zope, but for standalone development, cx_Oracle is tops.
> 
> Download the driver from
> http://www.computronix.com/utilities.shtml
> 
> go to Python DB-API specs
> http://www.python.org/topics/database/DatabaseAPI-2.0.html
> 
> Here's an example using DB-API
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/81189
> 
> vsb
> http://vsbabu.org/
> 

I'm just looking into Python, so these articles don't mean much to me yet... 
Does all this mean that Python doesn't talk to an Oracle DB "out of the 
box"?  For Windows, can Python use ADO?

Thanks,
Lee