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From: Uwe Schneider <uwe.schneider@xlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Oracle on - AIX vs Sun?  Which is better?
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 18:56:55 +0100
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Hi!

Steve Underwood wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have experience running Oracle on AX?  Is there any reason to
> choose a Sun platform instead of an RS/6000 running AIX.

We use both OSes with Oracle 7.3.3 WG server and no not recognize any
drawbacks of one OS against the other concerning speed or reliability.
Both servers are perfectly stable. 

On the other hand I prefer Solaris over AIX as a working environment.

Uwe