Re: Why doesn't Oracle care about Linux as IBM does?

Maybe for Oracle. Each DB2 Unix/Windows release is available on all supported platforms on the same day: Windows, multiple Linux distributions, AIX, Solaris, HP and OS/2.

Dino Hsu wrote:

> Dear Howard,
>
> Do you mean the real release date from the first platform to the last
> platform can span several months to one year? I am sorry I don't know
> that. By the way, has Oracle published a schedule of the release dates
> of individual platforms?
>
> Dino
>
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 11:03:07 +1000, "Howard J. Rogers"
> <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Dino Hsu" <dino1_at_ms1.hinet.net> wrote in message
> >news:2v3ant40th3s908so2458bg6gvb4lh2nib_at_4ax.com...
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I am confused when I see this line everywhere:
> >> "We discovered that nothing runs on Linux bettern than DB2"
> >> Oracle doesn't seem to care too much about Linux, it's 9i only
> >> supports one SuSe distribution. (if it cares, Red Hat and other major
> >> distributions should be supported as well).
> >
> >
> >It's a daft argument, put like that. Oracle 9i for NT isn't even out yet...
> >does that mean Oracle doesn't care about NT? No, it means that products
> >have release plans and cycles... and just as NT is rather down on that list,
> >so is any other Linux distribution than SuSe.
> >
> >They have to start somewhere, for heaven's sake!
> >
> >If 9i isn't running on most major distributions of Linux by mid 2002 at the
> >latest, I'd be very much surprised.
> >
> >HJR
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Furthermore, many people here (senior DBA's) don't think of Linux as a
> >> 'Unix'. To them, Unix means IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, etc.. This
> >> may be due to Linux's growing up from PC-based machines, although
> >> later ported to many different H/W platforms.
> >>
> >> On the other hand, IBM is so supportive about Linux, it even uses
> >> Linux in the world's biggest supercomputer:
> >> http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010809S0018
> >> Linux and AIX are both Unix's, IBM may have to choose one of them as a
> >> result. Is it because IBM likes open source software so much that it
> >> cannot but take Linux back home?
> >>
> >> Can someone comment on this? Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Dino
> >>
> >
Received on Sun Aug 12 2001 - 20:31:14 CDT