Re: linux

sdenvers_at_uk.oracle.com (Simon Denvers) writes:

>K.Y. Lee (s355674_at_kub.nl) wrote:
 

>: This may sound stupid, but is there oracle for linux available?
 

>It's not certified if that's what you mean. There are several Intel
>Unix flavours supported, the main being SCO, Unixware and Solaris x86,
>but there definitely isn't a port for Linux or any other shareware Unix.
 

>I have heard that Linux doesn't support semaphores, which Oracle uses
>extensively, so it's unlikely that it will work. However, I have never
>tried it so wouldn't like to say 100% that it's a non-starter. Maybe Linux
>does support semaphores now? Maybe it supported them all along...?

Linux supports semaphores. I don't know since when. You can try to run the SCO binary under Linux, using the iBCS2 compatiblity package but you will be on your own, without support from Oracle. Word Perfect SCO-binary works fine :)

Bye,

        Andreas

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