Re: testenvironment aix or Linux

Mladen Gogala <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net> gravou em 2005-08-12 11:26:51:

> > > I am an Oracle DBA. I use Oracle to pay the bills.
> >
> > So am I, but I like to know something else.

> Like Debian? As it is hardly used in the commercial environment, I don't
see

        It is hardly used for proprietary systems. When you have a free software stack Debian is probably the best choice, with BSD a great alternative for specific systems like PostgreSQL.

        Free is not opposed to commercial.

> > Really? Why?

> Because it seldomly created any problems. The thing with HP-UX is
> that it just works.

        Hm... yes. But then it rarely does interesting things.

        I mean, HP-UX is configured 'out of the box' for doing only the strictly necessary to support proprietary systems like Oracle and whatnot.  By contrast, Solaris or GNU/Linux is configured to give you nice interactive sessions and all that, specially GNU/Linux.

        But we have already discussed this here.

> I didn't start the fire, it was always burning , since the world's
> been turning.
> In other words, you were the one to start pushing Debian. Debian
> faithful are like
> Jehova's witnesses, fanatically devoted to their little cult and
> hard to get rid of.

        Not at all. You misread your prejudices into my words. I just said that it has the best support, because you claimed Red Hat did without any qualifications; but then *I* did a big qualification by saying it is not (yet) for proprietary apps.

> > > One of the two most popular RPM distros. No medal for the second
place.
> >
> > HP-UX is the second or third more popular Unix, yet you like
it
> > better.

> I like it the best, but not for the popularity reasons.

        Ah, double standards.

> > That is precisely the point. When you run proprietary
software on
> > GNU/Linux, you are on your own -- actually your proprietary vendor has
to
> > support you. OSS is just such a vendor, like Oracle. If they support
> > SuSE, use their support.

> Eh, but the problem was located and they were supposed to answer my
question.
> They refused to do so. They were treated accordingly.

        Were they? Did their support terms stated they would support your specific, *proprietary* app? If so, I guess you'd gain much more by escalating than by mistreating someone.

        Anyway, your prob. I'm not a SuSE fanboy.

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