Re: Is there a Linux Client of Oracle

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Bjorn Borud wrote in message ...
>[joelga_at_pebble.org (Joel Garry)]
>|
>| I can't believe that support would be worse than NT. Any unix has
>| less insulation between what is happening and the user than NT, and
>| Linux is better than most unix in that respect. Crossover from
>| other unix (and perhaps the new grads) is certainly easier than to
>| NT. The only "nightmare" would come from modified OS's, and Oracle
>| really could be better at differentiating when it has a problem
>| vs. the OS. Of course, this isn't much of a problem since Oracle
>| takes over a lot of OS functions anyways. Oracle could simply say
>| they will only support on certain unmodified linux versions,
>| although that would be a copout.
>
>I suggested a way for Oracle to port their database to Linux and
>support it some weeks ago that basically goes like this:
>
> 1) hire a bunch of people to port Oracle to Linux.
>
> 2) once the port is ready for release, assign a couple of the
> developers to support.
>
> 3) these support-people do support _solely_ on a USENET group and
> for free.
>
>money simply can't buy the goodwill they would gain from this and you
>can bet that other companies would follow once the journalists can
>come up with the appropriate buzzwords to describe it.
>
>if Larry could be made to admit that the idea is a good one it would
>spring into reality all by itself by sheer will to score brownie-
>points with him among his tie-wearing marketroids.
>
>
>-Bjørn
>--
> Bjørn Borud <borud_at_guardian.no> | "The Net interprets censorship
> <URL:http://www.pvv.unit.no/~borud/> | as damage and routes around it."
> UNIX person, one of "them" | - John Gilmore
Received on Sun Jun 28 1998 - 05:09:15 CDT