RE: Windows vs. UNIX

Roy,

Forgive me my lack of understanding, but if you don't know why one would choose Unix over Windows, why are you proposing Unix altogether?

Yosi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Ferguson [mailto:rferguso_at_level1.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 2:46 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Windows vs. UNIX
>
>
> this is not to bring up a heated debate over the two platforms...
>
> I am making a proposal to move the current access 97
> databases to an oralce
> platform running solaris.... I would like to put in the
> proposal a brief reason
> why a UNIX platform will be better than a Windows platform.
>
> the current environment:
>
> MS Access 97 databases running on Compaq server. Databases
> are about 20GB in
> size...
>
> proposed solution:
>
> Sun E3500
> T3 Storage Array
> Solaris 8
> Oracle 8i
>
> Just need a couple FACTS as to why one would choose UNIX over
> Windows....
>
> Thanks in advance....
> roy
>
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