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

GC <assistant_madman_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

]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).

GC, you still have to pay Oracle for the licensing. I've converted small (less than 2 Gig data) apps with few (less than 10) concurrent users over to postgreSQL on Linux. No licensing issues any more.

If it keeps running as well as it has been, I'll chance suggesting we move some more important stuff over. That'll save some money, but there is a lot of testing and confidence building to go yet.

The ODBC for Microsoft NT to talk to PostgreSQL on Linux works great too.

Oracle will remain here for a long time to come because of their support. Depending on your app and its impact on business, maybe postgreSQL will offer a way around the licensing problems?

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