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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: Are most DBA jobs on UNIX or Mainframe, not NT?
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:06:55 -0400, jgitomer_at_hbsrx.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
> Having worked for a couple of computer manufacturers I can attest to the
>fact that for a vendor of mission critical software the major cost of
>software is documentation, training, support and maintenance -- not initial
>development. ...
So tell us how documentation, training, etc are going to differ between sybase-solaris/sparc, and sybase-solaris/x86
particularly since they already have to have a "fix stupid intel hardware" support group
having worked with both, I would say "no additional support whatsoever"
> In addition there is the problem of once you commit to a
>platform you can't abandon it -- you are committed to support the platform
>for the foreseeable future.
funny, sybase just abandoned a few platforms within the last year, in its new releases :-)
>Philip Brown wrote in message ...
>>On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:59:47 -0400, jgitomer_at_hbsrx.com wrote:
>>>
>>>mkx_at_excite.com wrote in message <376a6b16.26926988_at_news.iag.net>...
>>>>
>>>>It seems weird to me, but all of the major players in the database
>>>>game are releasing Linux versions regularily, while practically
>>>>ignoring Solaris on Intel. Why not supply both?
>>>
>>>Could it be market penetration?
>>
>>Don't see why. If they had to make a true new version, I could think this.
>>But it's JUST A RECOMPILE!
>>And they are having the linux stuff downloadable, so it's not like they
>>have to set up media production facilities.
>>Some bizzare politics going on.
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