aphlix wrote:
> Well thank you guys for your input. I really do appreciate it. My company
> is paying for it anyway (part of tuition assistance) but I think there
> might be some growth in the UNIX group for DBAs soon. I also have linux
> experience. So hopefully that helps. I have also noticed that there is a
> move towards Linux in the oracle world. Could any of you speak to whether
> or not that is the trend out there in the industry? Thanks again
>
Is Oracle leaning toward Linux? Hard to say. Linux hasn't really
penetrated the corporate world (in spite of what the Penquin says). Like
most software vendors, I think Oracle will continue to gravitate toward
the O/S that has the most number of installations. I don't have the
statistics, but I suspect there are more Solaris boxes running Oracle
than Linux boxes ... but my crystal ball gets pretty foggy when I try to
peer into the future.
Who knows? Since the Board of Directors voted down a bonus check for
Larry Ellison this year, maybe he'll be looking at the OpenSource world
a little closer. But hey, you can get all kinds of predictions about the
direction Oracle is going by reading the trade pubs ... and they can't
agree. Probably count(predictions) = count(people_making_them).
Received on Mon Oct 28 2002 - 18:56:08 CST
