Re: Free Linux to run Oracle

From: HansF <Fuzzy.Greybeard_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:02:23 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.11.06.19.02.23.621424@gmail.com>

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:32:24 -0800, DA Morgan wrote:

> JEDIDIAH wrote:

>> On 2006-11-06, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:
>>> Mladen Gogala wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was asking for opinions on free distros, not on the lectures on Oracle
>>>> support, universe and everything. Do you have an opinion of any free
>>>> distribution or not?
>>> Yes. Given that you are an Oracle consultant and need a platform from
>>> which you can work ... stay away from them.
>> 
>> 	Actually, learning to run Oracle on any random distribution that may 
>> be plopped in front of you will give you an enhanced understanding of how to 
>> work with Linux and put you head and shoulders above some of the other 
>> pretenders.
>> 
>> 	Consider the fight with Fedora as part of the learning experience.
>> 
>> 	Sweat in peacetime saves blood in wartime... not just for Marines.

>
> Three seconds before, unless you have an evil clone, you wrote:
>
> "If you are interested in trying to get real work done whether
> it is on the desktop or on the server then you should at least bother
> to NOT INSTALL A KNOWN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION OF THE PRODUCT."
>
> It seems to me you are disagreeing with yourself.

I think he's saying

• for real work, use certified product;
• for learning

... to learn ORACLE use certified Linux, clone or one known to work &

     already 'integrated' by the community (orarun, cookbook, or equiv);  

... to learn Oracle ENVIRONMENT, learn how to integrate

     using one of the public betas, Fedora, or equiv.

He just said it much more elegantly than I could...

<g>

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