Re: Linux Flavour for Oracle 9i

Matt wrote:
>>attempt to obtain a 5 seat RHEL development license.
>>It will cover you for WS, ES and AS.
>>This way your server and your laptop can run the same kernel, so you
>>can reproduce your test cases more cleanly.
>>
>>yes, its not as low of a cost as whitebox linux, but its very
>>affordable.
>>You'll have an easier time with the suits justifying that you are
>>testing on a supported, commercially available platform that can be
>>shipped pre-installed from an OEM such as Dell, HP, IBM and alot of
>>other Linux-friendly smaller manufacturers that attend expositions
>>like LinuxWorldExpo.
>>
>>hth.
>>
>>-bdbafh

> 
> 
> OK, thats good advice... but would you recommend v2.1 or v3 of RHEL..?
> 
> No doubt v3 has more driver support and features but v2.1 will be more
> stable and mature.
> 
> Matt

There comes a point where "mature" is merely a synonym for "obsolete" (and I speak as someone past 40, so I know what I'm on about!).

I quite liked 2.1, but it's scarily out of date, and I would go 3 every time (bearing in mind that 4 is just around the corner). You say elsewhere that the installation onto 3 is a pain in the bottom... true, but only for 9i (which I realise is in the thread subject, so is probably quite important...). With 10g, it merely involves inserting CD and praying just gently to the Heavens. No major dramas at all.

So, yeah.... mature is as geriatrics does.

Regards
HJR Received on Mon Nov 15 2004 - 01:58:06 CST