Re: Oracle9i on Intel vs UltraSPARC

Greg Angevine wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have any strong words about Oracle9i on Itanium2 vs. on same
> range SUN boxes? I'm trying to make up my mind on which is better, and then
> which is most cost effecting. I'm trying to mitigate the OS as a factor...
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Greg.

Oracle, internally, has dumped all of their Sun hardware in favor of Linux on Dell. I think the cost-benefit curve favors Linux on Intel chips as a starting point. And will remain that way until the other hardware vendors figure out that operating systems and hardware have become a commodity.

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