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Subject: Re: Oracle: touchy subject maybe...
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Rumour has it that Oracle at one time actually *did* develop a native
FreeBSD version, but due to considerations involving the high cost of
supporting the product on yet another OS, seen in relation to the expected
demand, they never released it...

/Lars

Lars Wittebrood wrote:
>
> Yeah Oracle works on FreeBSD (in Linux emu mode). A Dutch guy has
> written a How To once and there is a section on the subject in the
> famous FreeBSD Handbook also (search for FreeBSD + Oracle on Google)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CARTER Anthony [mailto:a.carter@cordis.lu]
>
> Any chance that oracle works under FreeBSD? Any gotchas? Tips etc...?
>
> Anthony