RE: Windows vs. UNIX

this information is actually a proposal that I created for a college course I'm taking...I have a lot of experience with UNIX and very little with Windows...that's why I only needed the facts and no opinions...

>
>Roy,
>
>Forgive me my lack of understanding, but if you don't
>know why one would choose Unix over Windows, why are
>you proposing Unix altogether?
>
>Yosi
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roy Ferguson [mailto:rferguso_at_level1.com]
>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 2:46 PM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>> Subject: Windows vs. UNIX
>>
>>
>> this is not to bring up a heated debate over the two platforms...
>>
>> I am making a proposal to move the current access 97
>> databases to an oralce
>> platform running solaris.... I would like to put in the
>> proposal a brief reason
>> why a UNIX platform will be better than a Windows platform.
>>
>> the current environment:
>>
>> MS Access 97 databases running on Compaq server. Databases
>> are about 20GB in
>> size...
>>
>> proposed solution:
>>
>> Sun E3500
>> T3 Storage Array
>> Solaris 8
>> Oracle 8i
>>
>> Just need a couple FACTS as to why one would choose UNIX over
>> Windows....
>>
>> Thanks in advance....
>> roy
>>
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