Re: why is oracle such a b*@$%! to install on Linux?

I've been working on the UDB\DB2 since ver 5, almost 2 years now. Prior to that working on DB2\OS390. Then I started working on Oracle. No offence to your accolades on DB2, but from one who has worked on both sides of the fence.... DB2 is still a ways away from Oracle.

pgeorges <pascal.georges_at_chello.fr> wrote in message news:39A5220A.2F6DBDCF_at_chello.fr...
> Peter Bismuti a écrit :
> >
> > I've spent all day and it still doesn't work. I heard it takes 5
 minutes
> > on Windows, what is the deal?!
>
> I got Oracle 8.1.6 work on Linux (Mandrake 7.1) after a few days. It
> still crashes
> (at least Java tools).
>
> Then I tried DB2 :
>
> - no problem in install process;
> - works out of the box;
> - tools like control center & information center work well,
> - shipped documentation is really good.
>
> (maybe this is what IBM calls "we support 100% Linux" ?).
>
> My opinion here is that oracle did not complete the work : the setting
> up of Oracle 8i on linux
> is really painful (just look at the complexity of the install docs),
> and isn't worth because of its numerous bugs.
Received on Fri Aug 25 2000 - 17:07:21 CDT