Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:40:43 -0600 (MDT) From: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Can someone explain this nonsense? Message-ID: <199805312140.PAA25499@const.>
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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
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