RE: Windows vs. UNIX

Another reason might be that I have Oracle on a Sun Solaris server and in the last four years, the only time it has gone down is for hardware upgrades and power outages (manually after the building UPS ran down). I don't want to get in a screaming war with all the Bill Gate lovers out there, but UNIX servers are just more stable. On the down side, they do need a more knowledgeable administrator who is comfortable with editing configuration files and using command line tools. I personally like using the command line. You tend to be able to have finer control and much faster command selection. I still shell out to dos on my windows workstation when I want to do mass copies (xcopy), formatiing.... etc

>>> Yosi_at_comhill.com 04/30/01 05:21PM >>> 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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