Re: 8i on Intel-based Unix & that f****** licensing

Mike S wrote:
> There's no way I want to be involved in a migration which
> involves a change of Oracle release AND a change of platform to
> one I don't trust (and have less experience of). I need some
> info on alternative Intel-based Unix platforms - in particular
> Solaris x86 - which I could use to promote an alternative (and
> less drastic) proposal. Can anyone help?

Well, if the in-house NT lobby is trying to wrest the Oracle database out of the arms of Solaris and into the arms of NT on the basis of cost, why not propose Linux (or BSD. I haven't checked to see if there is an Oracle port to BSD, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if there is since many large ecommerce sites run BSD)? That way, you can beat them at their own game since you wouldn't have to pay Microsoft's ridiculous prices for a work^H^H^Hserver.

Personally, I run 8i on SuSE 6.2, and although the initial installation has some quirks, it runs very well and I haven't had any external problems (that is, any that are not caused by users and developers).

Cheers,
GC Received on Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00:00 CST