From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Nov 9 21:17:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA03581 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 21:17:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA03571 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 21:17:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.gsoft.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01091; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 15:42:00 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199711100512.PAA01091@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Ruslan Shevchenko cc: Douglas Carmichael , chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Could FreeBSD be a viable platform for large SQL/SAP/etc enterprise applications? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Nov 1997 07:33:40 -0000." <3466B8D3.3FC2B89C@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 15:42:00 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Douglas Carmichael wrote: > > > 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. Many people, and Oracle are showing considerable interest in the BSD world. > but in general, i think, answer is no: > --- no support of vendors of Business Application. > (so, it bad server for business applications) Hah. How much "support" does the average end user get from vendors? Most vendors sell through VARs, and it's the VARs that provide the support. There are a number of these onboard with FreeBSD already, as well as vendors supporting FreeBSD directly. > --- FreeBSD can't run pure Java APPS > (so, it'a bad client) You raised this before, and were shot down. I'll let others shoot you down again. > I reccomended for Server Sun-Solaris/Alpha-OSF/RS-AIX > or SCO, if you have only PC. And I seriously recommend that you pick a platform based on your application, price and performance needs. On that basis, FreeBSD is quite viable in many situations. > for clients -- if you love Unix -- then Linux. I'd say you must be joking, but based on the accuracy of the rest of your response, this is perfectly in character. mike