RE: Install Oracle 8i on Windows XP?

> > My assumption is that (everything else equal) *nix on a PC
> > server is a superior technology, more performant, more stable.
> >
> > Unfortunately one has to know a lot more low level tech stuff
> > to get into the *nix game than is the case with windows, and
> > therefore *nix on a PC will remain to a large extent in the
> > domain of high-skill-set purists and tech elites, not the mass
> > market.

On 30 Jul 2002 at 10:06, Gargoyle wrote:

> For running a stable production database that a company can rely on,
> those " high-skill-set purists and tech elitist a*holes" are still needed.

...

Right, and that is why 10 of millions of people have *nix and IBM mainframes at home on their desktops to do word processing and email.

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