Oracle-L: RE: Linux or W2K

From: Jesse, Rich <Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 06:31:38 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00589448.20030425063138@fatcity.com>

I'll second that emphatically. A co-worker pointed out an article on OTN, http://otn.oracle.com/oramag/Coekaerts.html, where Oracle's Linux guru Wim Coekaerts touts "Since Linux is free...". HARDLY! Yes, Linux is free, but not when you want to get support for Oracle on it! He also says "Dependence on a single OS "vendor" goes away." Sure! You can go from paying RedHat to paying SuSE to what? UnitedLinux??? Are they kidding? This is acceptable how?

I wrote Steve Lipson, the author of the article, but haven't received a reply.

Rich

Rich Jesse                        System/Database Administrator
rich.jesse_at_qtiworld.com           Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

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Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:27 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Actually freeness isn't a question anymore. All the new oracle versions only
have OWS certification for the pay distros (RedHat AS, SuSE Enterprise, etc.)
>:-(

Rodd

On Thursday 24 April 2003 13:31, Nelson Flores wrote:
> The classic Windows v/s Linux discussion...
> Free or not so Free... that is the question...

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