Re: A straight question, I need a straight Answer ?

Oracle on NT is okay for developers, but in my opinion it is not suitable for use in a production environment. Oracle was designed to run on the Unix platform, so stick with a Unix variant. I've had good success with Solaris, but the Oracle support people I've been dealing with give good vibes about the Linux version.

I'm going to be installing Linux and Oracle 8i to replace the development database at home. In the office I will continue to rely on the Solaris install
for pre-production and stress testing. The NT install is fine for developing code against.

Mike

ARMH wrote in message <381593e2.5121844_at_nntp.jaring.my>...
>I am just about to install Oracle 8i to practise and learn about the
>product, basically I work on MS SQL stuff. Many of our customers
>requested some ERP stuff on WEB DB from Oracle. We are all impressed.
>
>I have decided to install Oracle 8i on Linux Platform. Reading
>through this news forum, I find working on Linux Platform for Oracle
>is not a bright idea, seems like Oracle is not that interested to
>support Linux.
>
>Now I need all your kind experienced guys on Oracle. Should I go
>ahead with Linux or better stick to NT.
>
>I don't want to waste my time because of some marketing gimmick.
>If Oracle is dead serious about Linux, then I am all for it.
>
>thanks and regards,
>ARMH
>
Received on Sun Oct 24 1999 - 11:55:35 CDT