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Re: Oracle encouraging Linux software developers

From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult_at_oriole.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:33:48 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00574A12.20030327123348@fatcity.com>


> 6. Oracle has a strong history of picking tomorrow's platforms. My
> recollection is that they jumped on the Unix bandwagon pretty early.

Correction : Oracle has a strong history of following closely in IBM's steps. My own recollection is that till 1988 Oracle still was very closely associated to VMS - even if, granted, quite a number of Unix ports had been available for a number of years. But I think they began to take Unix seriously with the advent of AIX. Before, Unix (which one? Never worked properly on Ultrix) was on the same footing as Apollo's Domain or DataGeneral's forgot-the-name or (let's be esoterik) Norsk Data's Sintran III. There has been a time when the challenge was to run on as many platforms as possible.

 Which doesn't contradict your arguments, quite the contrary.

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