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Date:      Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:32:56 -0600
From:      Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        Jamie Lawrence <jal@ThirdAge.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux
Message-ID:  <19981106183256.A4148@quark.execpc.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981106162525.00bb5330@204.74.82.151>; from Jamie Lawrence on Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 04:25:25PM -0800
References:  <19981107095107.C499@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981102162944.00cc6ec0@mail.netconstruct.com> <19981106165913.B13675@cityip.co.za> <19981107095107.C499@freebie.lemis.com> <19981106181037.A4027@quark.execpc.com> <3.0.5.32.19981106162525.00bb5330@204.74.82.151>

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On Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 04:25:25PM -0800, Jamie Lawrence wrote:
> At 06:10 PM 11/6/98 -0600, Frank Pawlak wrote:
> 
> >Your answer provides some very useful information, but raises a question
> >that I have been pondering for some time.  As I understand it, Oracle
> >has stated that they will support Linux where it is running their
> >database product, and possibly will release their own distro of Linux.
> >Given the server process short comings and the relative immaturity of
> >the Linux code compared to FreeBSD, why would they want to port to and
> >support an inferior OS, when for the some resource expenditure they could
> >do the same on BSD?
> 
> Economics.
> 
> Software companies port to market share, not technical excellence.
> You may as well ask why they ported to NT (although there are other
> considerations there... mainly externalities of the market share
> issue).
> 
> -j

Fair enough, but you miss my point that if they are going to roll their
own Linux distro, why wouldn't they start with a superior platform to
begin with.  Then again, perhaps this is all moot.
Frank


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