Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 27 Jun 1996 14:38:20 -0400 (EDT) | From | Jeremiah Jahn <> | Subject | Re: Oracle for Linux? (was Re: kernel bloat) |
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On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, Emil Stepniewski wrote:
> > > On Wed, 26 Jun 1996 msmith@quix.robins.af.mil wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Lets stop this thread. Noone is bashing Linux, it has undeniable performance > > benchmarks (see David's post) but there are still a lot of people out there > > that dont have the liberty to run Linux on mission critical systems. > > When I see an Oracle database port for Linux I will be the first to shout > > "Hallelueah!!!!!!!" > > > > Btw, has anyone discussed this to Oracle? Many government groups use > > Oracle or Sybase and if a company like Oracle showed enough faith in > > Linux, then my bosses would probably follow. > > In April a friend of mine was at some Oracle conference or so and after the > event he talked with an Oracle man. He told my friend that Oracle 'due to > popular demand' really consider porting their database to Linux after 2.0 > shows up, and maybe even selling it for less money (rather hard to believe) > than for other platforms. > > Even if there are no so plans I think it's nice that Oracle official > know about Linux and that kernel 2.0 is coming soon (again, it was April). > > > > > > Melvin > > > > Emil > > > let's also rember one fact about Oracle...they LOVE porting their software.. I do belive that i heard a joke some where about them having a VIC-20 port..
i would asume that it's very likely with in the next two years... i have a friend who was one of the senior programers when sybase started out and i'll ask him if he can find out what their up to..
l8'r -jj-
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