It all depends on how well Solaris x86 sells. Personally, I prefer Linux on
this platform.
"hpuxrac" <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1187207244.999195.15740_at_m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>I was close to giving up hope of seeing this patchset but it's
> available now ( I think it came out August 13th 2007 ).
>
> Hoping to see the 10.2.0.4 patchset for that environment come out "a
> whole lot closer" to the release date for 10.2.0.4 on other platforms
> than has been the case obviously for this patchset.
>
> Oracle also has "promised" that 11g release will be on solaris x86 so
> another thing to watch for is how much that release drags the release
> date for other platforms ( hpux, solaris sparc, aix, etc ).
>
> For many of us, oracle software on solaris x86 has been much of a a
> "now you see it now you don't" type of thing with the "now you don't"
> winning most of the time.
>
> Dare we hope that this release of 10.2.0.3 and promises of future
> patchsets and database releases has now ended the "now you don't"
> part?
>
> Time will tell I guess but it's looking much better!
>
Received on Wed Aug 15 2007 - 21:50:39 CDT
