Re: Oracle for Linux

In article <791948385snz_at_alkham.demon.co.uk>

           dave_at_alkham.demon.co.uk "dave" writes:

> > In articl <791485763snz_at_sambusys.demon.co.uk>, Paul Beardsell
> > (psb_at_sambusys.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> > : ORACLE ANNOUNCES FREE (NON-COMMERCIAL) ORACLE LICENSES FOR LINUX
> > : Well it would be nice wouldn't it? Has anybody heard of any
> > : possibility of even non-free Oracle for Linux? Has anybody asked
> > : Oracle? Anybody from Oracle care to comment...
> > : --
> > : Paul Beardsell SAM Business Systems Ltd
>
> The chances of this occurring are *TOTALLY* nonexistent. LINUX has the
> reputation of being a non-commercial operating system unlike the other
> 'big boys' of the Open O/S world like Dynix PTX, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.

Unlikely perhaps but not totally nonexistent. Already two vendors of commercial databases are offering free no-commercial-use versions of their software for use by developers on Linux. They are Jbase and Pick Systems. Also O/S 2 Warp is available free to developers. And Novell UnixWare is available free to developers.

Even a not free version of Oracle would be nice. Then we can avoid SCO Unix.

Others who would find Oracle for Linux useful should speak up.

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