"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
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> "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net> wrote in message
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> > Good documentation is worth a lot to a customer. Given we usually
aren't
> > printing it out anymore the cost is more so the cost of production not
of
> > printing.
> >
> > I would like to get more familiar with Oracle 10G and Linux. I have a
> > couple of older machines that would be perfect for trying it out, but to
> get
> > RH AS 3 is rather pricey. Might be nice if one could download a minimal
> RH
> > version that would work with Oracle 10G. It would help support Linux
and
> > Oracle on Linux.
> > Jim
>
> Now this is an interesting one. Red Hat Advanced Server is still Linux,
> isn't it? And Linux is Open Source, isn't it? And therefore if you know a
> friend that has a copy of Advanced Server, is it not perfectly legitimate
to
> copy it and use it? Fair enough that you don't get any of the Red Hat
> support services etc etc, but the O/S itself is utterly copyable.
Surely???
>
> Anyone with any different advice, I'd be happy to hear it and the reasons
> why.
>
> Meantime, Jim: it works just fine of RH8 and RH9 which are definitely
free.
> I've been busy today!
>
> Regards
> HJR
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Thanks I'll use 8 or 9. RH hasn't released a distribution of AS. You can
get source and I guess compile that.(ugh) I am not looking for support;
certainly I would not expect free support. I'll give 8 or 9 a whirl.
Thanks,
Jim
Received on Thu Feb 12 2004 - 01:56:54 CST
