Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:39:10 +0200 From: "James Wilde" <james.wilde@telia.com> To: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD v Linux Message-ID: <000301c03dd8$efbdaf70$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> In-Reply-To: <000f01c03dce$233420b0$aa240018@cx443070b>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jeremiah Gowdy > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 17:22 > To: Doug Poland; James Wilde > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: FreeBSD v Linux > > > > > I've been following this thread and I've checked the Oracle > and FreeBSD > > > sites. And I've discovered that Oracle is not released in a > > > FreeBSD version > > > but is released in a Linux version which - apparently - runs even > > > better on > > > FreeBSD with Linux emulation. Unfortunately that's not a > > > combination likely > > > to have an immediate appeal to people concerned with operational > > > reliability. And since they use the Oracle DBMS, TPTB at my new job > have > > > opted for Sun Solaris. > > I just caught this and I had to speak up and verify. Does Oracle under > Linux binary support "run even better on FreeBSD" ? What exactly are we > talking about here ? Are we saying that Oracle/Linux runs faster under > FreeBSD ? A substantial majority of the FreeBSD heavies who have commented on this thread is unanimous on that score, yes. Ceteris paribus, of course, that is to say, same type of machine in both cases, same configuration, same load and so on. mvh/regards James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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