Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>news:1068497426.419052_at_yasure...
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>>Frank wrote:
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>>>Sybrand Bakker wrote:
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>>><snip!>
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>>>>I'm not sure why you insist on being 'smart' by installing Oracle on a
>>>>platform for which it wasn't certified.
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>>><snip!>
>>>Perhaps because these are still free of charge?
>>>Nice to look around, wonder, and learn?
>>>
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>>Installing on a certified operating system costs not once cent more.
>>But does not involve nearly as much adrenaline.
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>Have you checked the price of Red Hat Advanced Server lately, Daniel?
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>We're talking big, big bucks.
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>Ditto for SuSe Enterprise Server.
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>RH8 or RH9 or SuSe8.x are free.
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>Rather more than one or two cents difference there.
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>Regards
>HJR
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You are correct. I keep forgetting that free-ware isn't all that free.
And that Red Hat AS
is so .... expensive.
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Received on Mon Nov 10 2003 - 15:46:17 CST
