Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:28:10 -0500 From: Victor Leo Kallen Soto <vickallen@bsantander.com.mx> To: gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oracle, Tuxedo, for FreeBSD tech. support ?? Message-ID: <3EA5C1FA.ED9474AB@bsantander.com.mx> References: <3EA5951F.72D5B9E9@bsantander.com.mx> <12620282015.20030422212742@buz.ch>
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Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hello Victor, > > Tuesday, April 22, 2003, 9:16:48 PM, you wrote: > > Do you know actually who is supporting : > > oracle, tuxedo, samba, running ON FreeBSD ?? > > > Do you know about any (recent) posibilites to > > to have a native FreeBSD version of > > tuxedo and oracle ?? > > > Any comment on the above ?? > > If you need Oracle, don't use FreeBSD, it's not officially supported > and for the money it costs, you really don't want to run it on > unsupported platforms (SuSE Linux being one of several free supported > ones). Besides, the Linuxolator very well works but still it's a > hack and in my case certainly not something I'd want to base the > future of my business on. > > If you want to use FreeBSD, stick to Postgresql or Firebird (GPL'ed > Interbase) or maybe SAPdb (which has got a largely Oracle compatible > mode). Lets you also safe lots and lots of money (that is if your apps > run without Oracle, of course [1]). > > As to Samba, that one hardly needs support. You just need to watch out > to apply their fixes on time. I think there are some FreeBSD > support companies but none as big as the Linux crowd but their staff > might very well be more competent than the average Linux supporter. > > Tuxedo I've never even heard about. > > As for native Oracle on FreeBSD, I wouldn't hold my breath as few > people > would even want it. > > Best regards, > Gabriel > > [1] Too bad Compiere still doesn't. Gna. Oracle is a bitch to install > on whatever OS and I really don't feel like going thru that trouble > just to give Compiere a test ride. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.0.2i > > iQEVAwUBPqWJocZa2WpymlDxAQHK0gf/SBNSmReGFvHePFKl5/iMpxwhjz6BcZ2p > Gf5HTZKdHCAMz8dfYGrkYFqQrJoGy/Nv/kY9mcbcKnuOn2qRrqWBNsXdSD7sEXEI > fI1qgIFH6jDdzSumPbq9kjfPIIgl6C/5RxrMhAus8pBvU0XqRwEJ5QXJLoB4gtr4 > nCNH/ucwzuZu6C93WUgN+iPvQUNFIdFdMR5B4FpVT8WhpgyC4R3UIWRif8UiM+r8 > lTjXdiMa52MW+eO5GvSdjVWOT4GwRpe5Dqm+Tw4hg72Y1tI77+tctZumLK32en5d > /fMRvMv9Gr7G5nwKsDoYof/bGzsfCTH2Cpx8yZOoieQbKeQi4eI1Uw== > =TMWy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- I must agree with you..., and I like FreeBSD. I am working very well with FreeBSD (better than Linux or NT), so..., I will be looking for more help, maybe... Thanks very much for your comments.
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