From owner-freebsd-chat Sun May 31 14:41:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA26299 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 31 May 1998 14:41:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bamboo.verinet.com (root@bamboo.verinet.com [204.144.246.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA26231 for ; Sun, 31 May 1998 14:40:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: from const. (tulip9.verinet.com [199.45.181.201]) by bamboo.verinet.com (8.8.8/8.7.1) with ESMTP id PAA22432 for ; Sun, 31 May 1998 15:40:17 -0600 Received: (from allenc@localhost) by const. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25499 for chat@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 31 May 1998 15:40:43 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from allenc) Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:40:43 -0600 (MDT) From: allen campbell Message-Id: <199805312140.PAA25499@const.> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Can someone explain this nonsense? Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Why does the trade press get all gushy when NT manages to acquire functionality that server operating systems have had for years? I'm sorry for posting this; it doesn't relate directly to FreeBSD, but sometimes this crap gets to me. Case in point: http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980529S0026 Oracle database clustering software has been in use for years on many platforms. Yet Oracle releases a limited functionality version for NT and look out; the trade press starts writing articles. I guess the author values his own credibility enough that he couldn't close the article without pointing out the following (quoted from the aforementioned article by Rick Levin, InformationWeek, reprinted by CMPNet); Still, the products are not the equal of Oracle's clustering software for Unix, which is capable of running across dozens of database servers. "There's a gap between the requirements Oracle can handle on NT and what they can tackle with Unix databases," says Mitch Kramer, an analyst with the Patricia Seybold Group. Still, Kramer added, Oracle's clustering software goes beyond Microsoft's own Cluster Server, which is limited to two NT servers. BTW, How do you limit your distributed system to two servers and get away with calling it a 'cluster'? -- Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message