Re: Oracle on unix or NT

At this point in time Oracle is a little immature on NT. Oracle Applications is getting there but the developers arren't commiting to NT as NT 4.0 is ending and 5.0 is starting. The long standing enimity between Oracle and Microsoft leads to insecurity so far as the integration is concerned in my mind. Unix has been Oracle's life blood for the last 20years so if one looks at the risk it is higher on NT. The cost/performance shows smaller departments can operate with smaller costs on NT and lower paid support. For OLTP systems, I still recommend UNIX as skills are pleantiful and highly skilled, Oracle supports unix better and is more robust.

Andy

Ed Lufker wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> I am trying not to put my Oracle db on an NT platform, it is
> currently on a solaris platform. Could you help and give the reasons why I
> shouldn't move the database over to an NT platform. Big picture stuff
> would be great. I only know unix, so I dont have clue what Oracle acts
> like on an NT box.
>
> thanks in advance for any help here
> eddie lufker
Received on Tue Dec 15 1998 - 19:52:24 CST