Re: Oracle released ( finally ) 10.2 on solaris 10 x86 ( 32 bit )

> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:17:38 GMT, "Bob Jones" <email_at_me.not> wrote:
>
>>> Personally, I would go with Solaris - Linux won't be anywhere near in
>>> features, stability and scalability for the next few years even with
>>> all effort put into it, by which time Solaris will move even
>>> further.
>>
>>That would depend on what flavor of Linux you are talking about. I don't
>>think Red Hat is trailing in either features or stability. Scalability?
>>Maybe, in some ways.
>
> Can you proof that, or do we need to take your word for that?

Yes, you can take my word for it but you don't have to.

>>
>>> And there are so many flavours of Linux, supporting them all is
>>> simply impossible even though they may all be based on the same kernel
>>> (and Oracle doesn't, they support but 3 different distributions
>>> afaik...) But Larry strongly supports Linux, at least in interviews, so
>>> who knows...
>>>
>>
>>Enterprise Linux is basically dominated by Red Hat and SuSE. They are
>>similar enough not to give you much trouble in support. But then you can
>>always choose to go with just one.
>
> Yet another unsubstantiated *opinion*
>>
>>Larry has been pushing Linux for good reasons.
>
> Yet another unsubstantiated *opinion*
>
> Not sure what else he has
>>cooking. Hopefully not another Raw Iron project.
>>
>
> And another one.
>
> Gee, what an useful post!!!
>
> Do you ever post anything else but drivel?

Sounds like more mindless babble from yet another frustrated Oracle DBA.

> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

If you don't know any of those things, you should be listening quietly instead of flapping those lips. Received on Wed Sep 20 2006 - 19:45:21 CDT