Re: Oracle's relationships with expert DBAs (and the rest of us mere mortals)

• Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:
  > Now I agree that linux is a far too volatile base, but compared to apps? -
  > come on. So long as you don't do legal patches, security patches and rollups
  > you are probably in the same ball park.
  >
  > Niall Litchfield
  

I got into this discussion because allegedly there's an APPS shop that ditched their Sun/Solaris for PC/Linux platform.

No doubt -- ORACLE APPS is an ugly beast but was/is there an alternative? Linux on the other hand is not only butt-ugly BUT offers NO benefit whatsoever for an APPS shop. That was my point.

I still don't see any value in going Linux even for a shop on a tight budget -- this is just a trend. They shoot themselves in the foot by doing so and will be paying the price in the next 4 years.

Again ... time will tell.

• Vitaliy -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l