Re: Linux

Roger Irwin wrote in message <3559C9BF.88A4B1F5_at_trucco.it>...
>As our company is shifting from AS400 to an Oracle, I went to see what
>Linux ports where available on the oracle website. Found nothing. There
>was a page that says something about supporting over 90 platforms and
>OS's, but apparently no Linux on any of the various platforms it runs.
>Is this true? I have a Linux server stuffed under a desk and it just
>runs and runs. The keyboard and monitor are gathering dust away in a
>storeroom. Is it really true that Oracle offer no Linux compatibility?

A big "ME TOO"! Our company depends heavily on Oracle, and I would love to use our linux e-mail and news servers as alternative database platforms.

If anybody from Oracle is listening, then hear this: linux is a perfectly viable platform, and I for one know a few companies that would be willing to invest in Oracle for linux, if there was any. Emulation (SCO) is not an alternative, because that doesn't give us all the development tools for linux (like ProC).

If it helps at all, I would like to remind Oracle that linux is "the fastest growing OS"; whatever that means, I think Oracle should give linux at least a serious look.

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Gonzalo A. Diethelm
gonzo_at_ing.puc.cl Received on Wed May 20 1998 - 13:20:30 CDT