Re: Oracle installation problems

From: <fitzjarrell_at_cox.net>
Date: 9 Mar 2005 09:38:02 -0800
Message-ID: <1110389882.596901.77610@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>

t_pascal_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> I think it is generally well known that Oracle has the shittiest
piece
> of installation software in this godforsaken industry full of really
> bad, really shitty products.
>
> Solaris installation: 3 weeks to operational database

I was up and running in about an hour and a half, tops, incouding creating a new database from scratch. I can't understand why it's taken you three weeks to get an Oracle database up and running on Solaris.

> Linux installation: 3 days to get the installation program up and
> running! 2 weeks and counting for operational database
>

Supported versions take about the same time as it took me for Solaris.

> If you just pop in an MS SQL CD, you'll have an operational database
in
> an hour. Jeeezus, I never thought I'd be singing the praises of Bill
> Gates.

Hmmm, I'm guessing it's the operator, not the software, causing the problems ...

David Fitzjarrell Received on Wed Mar 09 2005 - 11:38:02 CST