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RE: Install Oracle 8i on Windows XP?

From: Gogala, Mladen <MGogala_at_oxhp.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:06:15 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004A629A.20020730100615@fatcity.com>


> My assumption is that (everything else equal) *nix on a PC
> server is a superior technology, more performant, more stable.
>
> Unfortunately one has to know a lot more low level tech stuff
> to get into the *nix game than is the case with windows, and
> therefore *nix on a PC will remain to a large extent in the
> domain of high-skill-set purists and tech elites, not the mass
> market.

For running a stable production database that a company can rely on, those " high-skill-set purists and tech elitist a*holes" are still needed. It's not a job for the faint hearted "clickety click" people. Name of the game is 99% uptime and it's only for the major league, and that means Unix and OS/390

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