Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net> wrote in message
> news:tjEWb.156661$U%5.711873_at_attbi_s03...
>
>
>>Good documentation is worth a lot to a customer. Given we usually aren't
>>printing it out anymore the cost is more so the cost of production not of
>>printing.
>>
>>I would like to get more familiar with Oracle 10G and Linux. I have a
>>couple of older machines that would be perfect for trying it out, but to
>
> get
>
>>RH AS 3 is rather pricey. Might be nice if one could download a minimal
>
> RH
>
>>version that would work with Oracle 10G. It would help support Linux and
>>Oracle on Linux.
>>Jim
>
>
> Now this is an interesting one. Red Hat Advanced Server is still Linux,
> isn't it? And Linux is Open Source, isn't it? And therefore if you know a
> friend that has a copy of Advanced Server, is it not perfectly legitimate to
> copy it and use it? Fair enough that you don't get any of the Red Hat
> support services etc etc, but the O/S itself is utterly copyable. Surely???
>
> Anyone with any different advice, I'd be happy to hear it and the reasons
> why.
>
> Meantime, Jim: it works just fine of RH8 and RH9 which are definitely free.
> I've been busy today!
>
> Regards
> HJR
Not sure about the fact you can copy it - there's a lot of RH
written stuff...
Shouldn't matter - as I stated earlier, it runs fine under RH9
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Fri Feb 13 2004 - 07:35:31 CST
