Re: Netware Vs NT with Oracle

Steve Phelan wrote:
>
> Andrew Walker wrote:
>
> > The company I work for is thinking of networking the office. We have
> > 15
> > PCs/users needing access to a server housing an Oracle database.
> > We don't know whether to go for Novell Netware or Windows NT. Which
> > would perform best? Has anyone got any opinions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andy.
> > --
> > Andrew Walker, Senior Programmer, Advanced Expert Systems Ltd.
>
> I've run Oracle on both NT and Netware. Given the choice I'd choose NT
> any day (much easier to install and manage; new releases come out first
> on NT, as do fixes; NT 'pages' memory, unlike Netware; etc., etc.)
>
> Only reason I can think of using Netware over NT is when you have a site
> that is pure Novell with no Microsoft NT knowledge in place.
>
> Of course, UNIX is *much, much* better than NT... Ah, I can feel the
> flames starting already! :-)
>
> Steve Phelan.

Yes, Steve.

I completely agree with you when you say Unix is *much, much* better than NT. There has been so much overdose of NT glorification (mostly by the ad media) that you'd probably be led to think there is some kind of Microsoft plot to convert Unix loyalists.

Nadeem. Received on Mon Jul 14 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT