Re: The Denis Prize

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:401e40c8$0$28870$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> Well, I said it should work like it does on Windows, so the Oracle edition
> is irrelevant. Enterprise or Standard, it should make no difference. With
> all that Linux talent out there, it cannot be that hard to write a decent
> automated installer.
>
> >And how about
> > against which version of the Linux O/S?
>
> Somewhere else I've finally listed them. Mandrake 9.1, 9.2, Suse 7.3, Red
> Hat 8 and 9 and Advanced Server 2.1 -and I suppose 3 as well. Now some of
> those (ie, most of those) are not supported distros. So, I will accept an
> Advanced Server and RH8 and RH9 installer.
>
> >Do you really want a routine
> > that works perfectly installing Oracle 6.0 on SUSE 1.0? Or do you expect
> > something that works with all Oracle versions and editions against all
> > versions of Linux by all companies that sell it?
>
> No, latest distros and latest versions of Oracle... I'm not judging 10g,
> though. Just 9i Release 2 would do for starters.
>
> Essentially, I would like to see someone come up with installer technology
> for Linux that is commensurate in terms of ease of use with the Windows
> stuff. Let the installer have a button you can click to say "Hey, I'm a
> Linux Guru and don't need all this automated crap" if you must. But for
the
> rest of us (ie, me), I want an automated installer so my fingers can have
a
> rest.

I'm not entirely sure that the 'slick' 10g install meets these standards

http://otn.oracle.com/obe/obe10gdb/install/linuxinst/linuxinst.htm

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK