From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 30 14:20:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38EAC106566B for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:20:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lordofhyphens@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f194.google.com (mail-pz0-f194.google.com [209.85.222.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F351D8FC12 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:20:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk32 with SMTP id 32so4430784pzk.3 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:20:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Txr6JA0phDZXhnDw1/RJLh1PQwEFzRiKuORCHaFqK04=; b=ekPVzZd70pQmp5MJT+ShGYDWSFQoHRIVucC5+w0lP9h5bU7qmSeHR/E/G5CtzwJGkf gEIaxjHJF4jw0joG/iIYtBcIPQjvBQH+QyD3S4djV8qMNKfAKZj9lvtinIrYr6woNQtS 66LygWHWTtKTZx4PJDR+iHEcEy6zZhDMwkyps= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OnNxFTVn2o48pFWGFlbvChdcM5236kVomTX8N56/21qfAHy592LpbdvPHWcm6qY3/j PcYmOz7yLNvBM2+QK8UHvki6oXa9FOxndA+5OEK47/5b1OhCU62wxdbIw5lm0zemyTVn Ax6eSjCLQ8UMFSWTochQSslhfZrlpTDdTrKqc= Received: by 10.140.132.7 with SMTP id f7mr591702rvd.296.1254320420495; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:20:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?131.230.41.170? (ws041170.vas.siu.edu [131.230.41.170]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 23sm1164639yxe.8.2009.09.30.07.20.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:20:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AC36922.6010608@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:20:18 -0500 From: LoH User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" References: <200909241735.n8OHZMVM099476@fire.js.berklix.net> <4AC02164.7040201@thebeastie.org> In-Reply-To: <4AC02164.7040201@thebeastie.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:20:21 -0000 > The reality is that Oracle is meant to be a very expensive solution > for companies that don't know what to do. This makes Red Hat etc an > ideal contender for this situation as it promises full enterprise > support. > Whether it is the truth or if its even a good solution is completely > irreverent to these 2 tech companies because at the end of the day > they are just trying to make money and please the stock holders. > > Huh? Last I remember reading, Oracle hasn't put a native version together for FreeBSD because running it through the linuxlator works well enough to justify not spending engineering resources on it.