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Post #307,608
by malraux
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4/20/09 11:08:28 PM
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New Hard to change that overnight.
As I understand it, primarily Oracle development is done on Linux, then ported to the other platforms.

The main problem Oracle would have in giving up Linux, however, is the x86 platform. Despite with Sun may tell its customers, Solaris X86 is not really a viable enterprise platform. And with all of those cheap, smoking fast X86 blades out there, running Oracle RAC on Linux is a very attractive proposition.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #307,617
by boxley
4/21/09 8:03:41 AM
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New hogwash
Solaris X86 has been a viable enterprise system since its debut as Interactive Unix in 1985 or so. As good or better than linux.
thanx,
bill
Post #307,622
by folkert
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4/21/09 9:04:38 AM
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New Yep, keep repeating the mantra...
Eventually you'll get someone to believe you.

Next you'll be telling me that SCO on x86 was the cat's meow back then.

Sheesh, at least we all know how well that really is.

Heck x86 didn't *REALLY* become a good deal on Price and Processor Power until the Xeon Processors (the real Xeons (700 or 800MHz models with MBs of cache))

Before that Xenix was better.
Post #307,626
by boxley
4/21/09 10:02:32 AM
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New Im not the evangalist on the board
linux doesnt suxxors! it will eventually be used on every desktop! soon as a few bugs are worked out!

Sure, and back in the day SCO was better than xenix as was Forpro on intel. Cheap was a machine at 3.5k plus 1.2k for the OS compared to 15k for an entry level apollo/sun/dec never mind an ibm system 36 at $36k
Post #307,624
by malraux
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4/21/09 9:31:21 AM
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New "As good or better"
Not what we hear. We hear it's significantly slower. Several companies around here implemented Oracle on it, then switched to Linux because the speed was so atrocious.

Add into that the lack of software for the platform and it's a bad idea.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #307,627
by boxley
4/21/09 10:05:56 AM
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New Cant speak to oracle on solaris x86, linux rac would be
better there. As fast or faster for other things such as store and forward, transient computations and other items we have experimented with. As far as enterprise support it is cheaper than redhat and the availability of enterprise software is pretty good
thanx,
bill
     oracle to buy sun - (boxley) - (23) - April 20, 2009, 10:19:26 AM EDT
         Whither MySQL? - (drook) - (22) - April 20, 2009, 10:56:43 AM EDT
             Can't see the issue - (jake123) - (7) - April 20, 2009, 01:10:20 PM EDT
                 Bigger issue - (beepster) - (6) - April 20, 2009, 01:18:20 PM EDT
                     We're solaris and oracle here - (jake123) - (5) - April 20, 2009, 01:29:53 PM EDT
                         they get paid by the license so shouldnt really care - (boxley) - (2) - April 20, 2009, 01:32:10 PM EDT
                             Unless they're getting paid for Solaris licenses too. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - April 20, 2009, 01:33:54 PM EDT
                                 Solaris License is free, same as Linux -NT - (boxley) - April 20, 2009, 01:57:06 PM EDT
                         Think word is..um...maybe jaded - (beepster) - (1) - April 20, 2009, 02:31:02 PM EDT
                             Yeah, but OTOH - (jake123) - April 20, 2009, 03:17:56 PM EDT
             Could be more serious than that. - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - April 20, 2009, 01:17:52 PM EDT
                 Beat me by a few seconds. -NT - (beepster) - April 20, 2009, 01:18:56 PM EDT
                 Hard to change that overnight. - (malraux) - (5) - April 20, 2009, 11:08:28 PM EDT
                     hogwash - (boxley) - (4) - April 21, 2009, 08:03:41 AM EDT
                         Yep, keep repeating the mantra... - (folkert) - (1) - April 21, 2009, 09:04:38 AM EDT
                             Im not the evangalist on the board - (boxley) - April 21, 2009, 10:02:32 AM EDT
                         "As good or better" - (malraux) - (1) - April 21, 2009, 09:31:21 AM EDT
                             Cant speak to oracle on solaris x86, linux rac would be - (boxley) - April 21, 2009, 10:05:56 AM EDT
             I can see several wins here. - (static) - (5) - April 20, 2009, 09:22:04 PM EDT
                 Negative there. - (mvitale) - (1) - April 21, 2009, 09:38:58 AM EDT
                     Oh, I quite agree. - (static) - April 21, 2009, 10:01:52 PM EDT
                 Not only PostGres fanboys, either. - (CRConrad) - (2) - April 22, 2009, 07:54:18 AM EDT
                     Its Broke... - (folkert) - April 22, 2009, 03:18:14 PM EDT
                     Indeed. - (static) - April 22, 2009, 08:23:17 PM EDT

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