native Oracle-port on Linux -- what would it take?

| <sigh> isn't this covered in the Linux FAQ? IF you can get hold of
| certain SCO binaries you can install Oracle just fine. I have done it on
| Red Hat and even on Slackware, both with the iBCS package installed of
| course.

strange really; it has become a FAQ how to install SCO binaries on Linux and quite a few sources say that most large companies or companies that have anything to do with the Internet, use Linux -- yet Oracle are unable to deliver a Linux version of their database.

it probably does make sense when you think about Oracle having a CEO that wasn't even aware of what PL/SQL is until someone called him and wanted to know if they were continuing to support PL/SQL in future releases.

  "PL/SQL, what's that!?"

perhaps someone should give said CEO a call and tell him that there's this thing called Linux out there that a lot of professionals use and that it's time to update one's view of the world a bit?

last time I heard it was the lack of raw-devices, but since that isn't really an issue (how many of you use raw-devices anyway? not many companies I know) it must be something else.

also software companies keep whining about Linux being a moving target. bullshit. pick a distribution and a (release) version and make Oracle run on it.

yes, Linux is in flux as are all operating systems. the difference mainly being that Linux is evolving and advancing faster and that kernel-updates are made available to the public more often.

-Bjørn

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