Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:36:40 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-database@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD v Linux Message-ID: <20001025013640.K37870@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIAAECJENAA.doug@polands.org>; from doug@polands.org on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 07:16:17PM -0500 References: <14838.4762.613284.404127@guru.mired.org> <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIAAECJENAA.doug@polands.org>
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 07:16:17PM -0500, Doug Poland wrote:
> I've followed others efforts to get Oracle/Sybase/Informix
> running on FreeBSD. I'm curious to know if anyone actually
> is running these servers in a production role. I know
> two Oracle consulting firms and they always recommend
> Unix and almost always recommend Linux. There's no way
> they're going to put a paying client on an unsupported
> platform. The risk is to high and there is no benefit.
> To the client and the consulting firm, it's just a box
> that runs Oracle. BSD will never be that box if Oracle
> won't support it.
Obviously they aren't a consulting company worth a dime if
they reccommend Oracle/Linux over Oracle/Solaris.
--
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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