From owner-freebsd-database Sun Aug 23 22:20:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA21670 for freebsd-database-outgoing; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 22:20:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bamboo.verinet.com (bamboo.verinet.com [204.144.246.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA21665 for ; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 22:20:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: from struct. (daisy7.verinet.com [199.45.181.231]) by bamboo.verinet.com (8.8.8/8.7.1) with ESMTP id VAA28857; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 21:57:54 -0600 Received: from verinet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by struct. (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA19478; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 21:57:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Message-ID: <35E0E4BB.E787DCCB@verinet.com> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 21:57:47 -0600 From: Allen Campbell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b1 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk CC: freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle and FreeBSD (was: FreeBSD main platform & Linux) References: <3.0.1.32.19980821053638.0068ea4c@pop.netaddress.com> <3.0.5.32.19980822074143.007a1aa0@pop3.sprint.ca> <35DF04FB.518BF15@verinet.com> <19980823140636.47050@nothing-going-on.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk [ Moved to freebsd-database because we're way past newbies :) ] Ink Clayton wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 11:50:51AM -0600, Allen Campbell wrote: > > Also, I might have to promote this box to a Linux server when Oracle > > for Linux makes its debut, unless FreeBSD's Linux emulation handles it > > well. > > As I understand it, Oracle have "Oracle for FreeBSD" working already. [snip] I am aware of that. This implies that Oracle for Linux should emulate well on FreeBSD. A native FreeBSD version would be nice, but either way Open Source wins. We'll see. > Oracle's network computer division () uses > FreeBSD as the OS, and their network computers run Oracle. > > I *believe* that they aren't releasing it because they don't know whether > or not there's demand (and don't want to commit the sort of resources > necessary for supporting it without knowing this). Contacting your Oracle > rep. and telling him/her that there is demand for it can only help the > situation. You can be sure, they've heard it from me and my CSI number. I see a real opportunity in the Oracle Web Server market. Oracle Applications customers who migrate to Applications v11 will need to build a middle tier to support the network clients. FreeBSD and/or Linux were made for this. Because of the number of middle tier hosts necessary to support the clients, the license cost of commercial OS's will seem prohibitive. I'm sure only a minority of companies will have the courage to consider an Open Source OS in this role, but enough will to be very lucrative. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message