Re: Netware Vs NT with Oracle

Nadeem Inamdar <nadeem.inamdar_at_mccaw.com> wrote:

>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.

Yep, and if you want, you can run that Unix server on a Netware network. It works pretty darn well. Received on Tue Jul 22 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT