Re: Oracle 8i?

From: Steve Phelan <stevep_at_toneline.n-o-s-p-a-m.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 23:49:28 +0100
Message-ID: <37321C78.BDCACDFE@toneline.n-o-s-p-a-m.demon.co.uk>

> ...but given
> the choice I'll pick NT anytime versus UNIX. It's all those
> keyboard-happy tekkies...

You ever heard of X?

> with root privileges you find in the Unix
> jungle I'm worried about. With NT, nothing works (users, privileges,
> sharing, networking), so the tekkies stay at bay, because if they
> touch anything they get burnt.

Then learn UNIX before bitching. You might even find you like it.

> So as a DBA you're quite lonely, there
> is just you and your database on the system, the way it was designed
> for in the first place.

Er, that bit lost me. You've been around NT for too long. :-)

Seriously, we run around 1TB of Oracle on NT and UNIX, though mostly on UNIX. Given the choice, I'd go UNIX any day, so I guess we'll just agree to differ.

Steve Phelan. Received on Thu May 06 1999 - 17:49:28 CDT