Re: Are most DBA jobs on UNIX or Mainframe, not NT?

From: Anthony Mandic <am_at__.agd.nsw.gov.au>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:49:24 +1000
Message-ID: <374E0434.85F1BE43@_.agd.nsw.gov.au>

mkx_at_excite.com wrote:

> But try to get this breadth of application support for X86 UNIX. No
> DB2 or Sybase. Maybe Oracle (if it exists, it does not seem well
> supported). No WebSphere. No Java IDE's. Some of the stuff is on
> SCO/UnixWare, but not much more.

	A Lotus Notes R5 is also available for Solaris x86. But I wouldn't
	recommend it. I'm not sure if its free either.

> Thus, while Linux is probably not up to speed with the rest of the
> UNIX "Big Boys", as an Intel user, I can sure do more with Linux (app
> wise).
>
> It is an interesting conundrum: Learn "real" UNIX with Solaris X86,
> etc., or do "real" things with Linux (app wise).

Since you have a lot of machines in your shop, why not try both?

-am Received on Thu May 27 1999 - 21:49:24 CDT