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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Oracle on unix or NT
On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:52:24 +1100, Andy Groves
<andy_at_ataustralia.com.au> wrote:
>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
Although you and I are on the same page with choice of operating systems for server-based applications, I disagree with the statement that "Oracle is a little immature on NT". I don't know what metric is used to determine maturity, but Oracle has been available on Windows NT since Oracle7 7.1 (read "years"). As well, a large percentage of the customers I personally work with are deploying many new applications on Oracle7/Oracle8 on Windows NT.
But to your overall point about choice of operating system (for *any* database, all enmity aside), my money would be on UNIX. Thanks!
Joel
Joel R. Kallman Oracle Government, Education, & Health
Columbus, OH http://govt.us.oracle.com jkallman@us.oracle.com http://www.oracle.com
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