Re: Oracle8 on Linux ok?

George Dau wrote:

> "Jack Cousteau" <depth_at_mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> ]Hi,
> ]I'm being encouraged to run Oracle8 on a Linux redhat box for a mission
> ]critical app. Anyone have experience with this? Our use of Oracle is going
> ]to be relatively simplistic...
>
> I'd be concerned about the "mission critical" bit. You will have downtime if you
> use Linux, and if you get a ORA-0600 you are on your own.

AFAIK, you _can_ get a support contract for Linux as well - so you're not on your own...

>
>
> I do have Oracle 8 on a Linux box here and it has been going great. I'm using
> the freebee one, so no production data, just development stuff.
>
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