Re: Newbie's Oracle 9i impression: it sucks

Dusan Bolek, Ing. wrote:

>Do you think that MS Windows would has in 2005 (or maybe we should
>wait till 2010) features like real multitasking, stability or memory
>management in level like we can see on "obsolete" Unixes from
>seventies ?

Windows far exceeds Unix in multitasking. Its memory management is also superior due to the fact that it is a single process\multiple thread OS and it MUST manage its memory better in order to be stable. The advantage of this architecture is that it is superior in true multitasking.

Unix is a Multiple Process\single thread OS and memory management is not as sophisticated nor is it as necessary. The advantage of this architecture is that there is no shared memory involved and there is little chance of memory crash.

>Are you sure that unstability in you Windows environment wasn't caused
>by Windows itself ? My home Windows 2000 are unstable just because I
>was so dare to install TEAC W-540 CD-writer and even more unstable
>because of upgrading IE to 6.0.
>Many computer journalist said how obsolete is Unix comparing to new
>fresh Windows NT/2000/XP* (fill what you want). However from my point
>of view (as IT techie/manager in high-end environment) Windows still
>lacks the basic "must have" functionality that Unixes giving to you
>for decades.

Just what are these "must have" functionality you are referring to which Windows don't have??? I don't know any functionality which Windows lacks which Unix provides.

The perception (not reality) is that Windows 2000 is unstable. Certainly, Windows NT was unstable, but Windows2000 has fixed this problem. This is NOT to say it is AS stable as Unix, but it certainly isn't unstable. I have seen Windows2000 Database servers run for YEARS (2 to be exact) and they have NEVER crashed. I am sure others can testify to teh same effect.

Finally, XP is a client machine, and it is architecturally VERY different from Windows2000 Servers. Your IE problem is just that, an IE problem, not an OS problem.

Jinsoo
MCDBA, MCSD, MCSE+I
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Received on Wed May 22 2002 - 06:18:19 CDT