Re: Recommended OS for Oracle

While I don't disagree, there also comes a time when one's familiarity with a specific technology is one of the lowest concerns. Otherwise, we'd never have converted to Unix systems at all! We are IT professionals and as such, should make an effort to choose the "best" technology for the task, taking all constraints into consideration (familiarity is only one). If my boss tells me that we need to use mySQL for project XYZ, and mySQL makes sense to use, then my lack of familiarity doesn't mean squat. It might be cost that is a driving factor. That being said, we are an Oracle shop and we try to use Oracle at every opportunity, because we are familiar with it.

Just my 3.14159265 cents worth,
Brian

> Niall makes an interesting point. I once read about a study of the
> various GUI client-server development tools in the early 90's which also
> included some more traditional tools e.g. COBOL, to find out if some
> tools were more 'productive' than others. Turned out that the choice of
> tool was almost insignificant compared to the degree of familiarity of
> the programming team with their tool.
Received on Wed Nov 06 2002 - 09:23:15 CST