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Re: Best OS for the following...

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:36:53 GMT
Message-ID: <3ab9c583.3606695@news-server>

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:03:33 GMT, "David Ehrens" <nospam_at_nospam.net> wrote:

>
>If you stay with NT, you will have to:
>
> - adapt to SQL Server, because if you run Oracle on NT
> you will not have 24x7x365 uptime and you will go
> stark, raving mad

Funny. My old Peoplesoft NT ORACLE database has been up for, now, let me see: >400 days? Must be the stark, raving madness then. The SS database they put in to replace that system hasn't yet stayed up for more than a week. Lots of excuses and finger-pointing, but facts are facts.

>
>If you are a cheap bastard:
>
> - get Linux, and you will have pretty good luck with it
> but you may not have 24x7x365 uptime
> - get Solaris or HPUX and you will have better luck
> but you still may not have 24x7x365 uptime
>

Cheap, maybe. Bastard? Why? And I disagree: he'll have a much better chance of staying up with an OS that doesn't need a re-boot everytime one changes an option somewhere...

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_bigpond.net.au.nospam
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html Received on Thu Mar 22 2001 - 03:36:53 CST

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