Re: Oracle on OpenVMS or Unix

From: I.A. Saez <i.a.saez.scheihing_at_tue.nl>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:53:37 +0100
Message-ID: <3A267801.2700A6E4_at_tue.nl>


Syltrem wrote:
>
> David,
>
> you are right in saying that "NT was originally written by one of the team
> that developed and coded VMS" and to-day I still don`t understand why the NT
> OS is so messy. 3rd party vendors on the VMS OS NEVER overwrite system stuff

The only 3rd party vendor which did mess up my VMS system was WordPerfect. But that
was back around 1990.  

> (DLL`s in NT) making the system or other applications crash after you
> install something. Why do they do it on NT? It would be a lot more stable if
> that practice would be stopped. Let the vendors use the system libraries,
> not modify them.
>
> Syltrem
>
> "David Fitzjarrell" <oratune_at_aol.com> wrote in message
> news:9039h5$2j7$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > In our last gripping episode "Syltrem" <syltrem_at_videotron.ca> wrote:
> > > It also is the most easily connected OS to
> > > WinNT (domains and stuff), if you have NT boxes around.
> > >
> >
> > And well it should be -- NT was originally written by one of the team
> > that developed and coded VMS; unfortunate that NT is far less stable
> > than its "parent". I can vouch for the stability of VMS; although I do
> > not like the English commands (yes, the cryptic command naming on UNIX
> > is a favorite of mine) I cannot fault the underlying O/S as it is quite
> > reliable. I have run Oracle on both UNIX and VMS and I would take
> > either as a stable platform for Oracle (again, my preferences lean
> > toward UNIX).
> >
> > --
> > David Fitzjarrell
> > Oracle Certified DBA
> >
> >
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> > Before you buy.
Received on Thu Nov 30 2000 - 16:53:37 CET

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