RE: Re[3]: Linux at a reasonable price

From: Paul Drake <discgolfdba_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:13:57 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <20040224221357.36782.qmail@web20422.mail.yahoo.com>

Pete Sharman <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com> wrote:
> Jonathan
>
> I know nothing of a free distribution for Linux
> either, but at least the link gets you to the
> certification page correctly. That's all I was
> trying to do.
>
> Some of the other posts on white box Linux (if
> that's the name - no doubt Paul will correct me if
> not) look interesting though.
>
> Pete

Hi Pete.

I didn't follow thru on installing white box linux. Red Hat came thru with a reasonably priced developer edition - 5 seats of software with support for 1 year, $299. That entitles you to WS, ES or AS editions.

I just wanted to be able to certify on ES and to be able to open TARs. Ok, I wanted async support (I think) and to hop on the v2.6.x _supported kernels train when they are available.

Call me lazy, but this was what I was after, and I pushed no further (with white box linux). btw - rhn is a fast connection.

I don't think that $749 /year for Red Hat (RHEL) 3.0 ES is out of line (with support, list) for running Oracle Server in production. That is less expensive than purchasing a comperable win32 server operating system with a support contract ($795 + $2800 for 3 years = $1200/yr).

Just ordered another 512MB of memory for the laptop for under $100 from crucial.com. 1 GB ought to be enough :)

maybe.

Paul

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> Jonathan Gennick
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:40 AM
> To: Pete Sharman
> Subject: Re[3]: Linux at a reasonable price
>
> Tuesday, February 24, 2004, 10:17:00 AM, Pete
> Sharman (peter.sharman_at_oracle.com) wrote:
> PS> Depends on your definition of works. Shows a
> page - might be a 404 page, but it's still a
> PS> page. :)
>
> PS> Try
> http://www.oracle.com/education/certification
> instead.
>
> I see nothing on that page about a free distribution
> of
> Linux. Can you provide a more specific link?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
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