From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 9 23:47:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA11080 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 23:47:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.5.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA11073 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 23:47:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr06.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA11749; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 00:47:00 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr06.primenet.com(206.165.6.206) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpd011736; Mon Nov 10 00:46:50 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA10744; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 00:46:48 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199711100746.AAA10744@usr06.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Could FreeBSD be a viable platform for large SQL/SAP/etc enterprise applications? To: Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua (Ruslan Shevchenko) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 07:46:48 +0000 (GMT) Cc: dcarmich@mcs.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3466B8D3.3FC2B89C@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> from "Ruslan Shevchenko" at Nov 10, 97 07:33:40 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Could FreeBSD be a viable platform to run business applications (e.g. Oracle > > or other SQL servers, SAP R/3, BAAN, etc.)? > > Somebody say, that he run Oracle under SCO emulator. Back in the 1.5.1 days when the IBCS2 was Sean and Soren's baby instead of an import, with some minor mods to the VM86() call gate (only to support FPU reporting and so on), I was able to run the SVR3 IBCS2 statically linked Lotus 1-2-3 and Sybase. The Sybase ran a copy of the Human Genome database for a genetecist friend who was tracking the relationship between marker genes and physiological morphology (ie: is your left earlobe attached or detached? | | | | \ \ \ \ /| \_ \_/ | | | If the latter, then you have a gene associated with the marker gene associated with a 30% increased risk of coronary heart disease, etc.. In other words, the gene for the physiological morphology is usually close enough to the other that you hinherit both or you inherit neither. Not something you'd want an insurance company noting about you -- seen "Gattaca" yet?). Anyway, Sybase ran well enough that FreeBSD was usable in place of the aging AT&T Starserver it used to run on. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.