Re: Oracle on Linux, this time it's serious

In article <35ac901b.767417157_at_pub.news.uk.psi.net>,   phil.britton_at_prismtechnologies.com wrote:
>
> There are often posts here about when oracle is going to be available
> on Linux, usually dismissed with the statement that Oracle has no such
> plans and where do these rumours start. Below is a quote from the
> "Economist". For those that do not know it this is a well respected
> financial weekly published in Britain.
>
> "Even the brightest stars of the information-technology universe are
> turning to Linux. Oracle, a database firm, is planning to offer Linux
> versions of some of its software. Sun Microsystems already uses the
> program for low-end workstations. IBM might soon do the same for its
> hardware (it recently announced its support for Apache, a leading
> Web-server program that often runs on Linux). "
>
> The URL if anybody wants to check it out is:
> http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/index_wb9493.html
>
> cheers
>
> Phil
>
> --
> Phil Britton "The buck starts here"
>
> phil.britton_at_prismtechnologies.com PrismTech Ltd.

Yep, and I suppose it will be just like SOFTWARE AG's ADABAS for Linux. A crippled 1 user standalone.
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>

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