Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!news3.optonline.net!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!213.51.129.3.MISMATCH!newshub1.home.nl!home.nl!not-for-mail From: Frank Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc Subject: Re: Best OS for subscription to 9i (Windows expert; Linux neophyte) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:02:38 +0100 Organization: @Home Benelux Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <1068483305.267986@yasure> Reply-To: fbortel@nescape.net NNTP-Posting-Host: cc28855-a.hnglo1.ov.home.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl 1068587677 6623 217.121.193.81 (11 Nov 2003 21:54:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:54:37 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <1068483305.267986@yasure> Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.misc:133043 Daniel Morgan wrote: > Fred Zimmerman wrote: > >> I am going to pay the $199 for 12 month CD subscription for 9i >> database and associated packages/software. >> >> I'm considering purchasing the Linux version (I have both Windows >> NT/2K/XP, and RedHat 7.1 at home; Win and Linux on separate machines). >> >> As I'm learning Red Hat, should I take the huge plunge of installing >> Oracle 9i database on this OS, or go with what I know best: Windows. >> >> I was thinking it might be a good way to both learn 9i, and Linux >> simultaneously. I know many companies are making change to Linux for >> enterprise database applications, and web servers. >> >> (I am a Oracle newbie as well.) >> >> Any experiences appreciated. >> >> F.Z. - Boston MA >> >> > Once Oracle is installed [Big Snip!] But there you have a major difference! Did you manage to get 9iAS Rel2 installed on your RH9 system? I gave up after about 2 weeks. On Windows, it installs within a day. Similar for db - it just doesn't install flawlessy on Linux (unless you pay $$$ for the supported version), where it does in Windows. To use the words you so often use: it depends. If you want to learn all kinds of Oracle stuff, stay Windoze (G, never thought I'd admit that!). For fun, start by talking your db to Linux, take it from there. -- Regards, Frank van Bortel