From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 8 13:31:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07898 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 13:31:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bamboo.verinet.com (bamboo.verinet.com [204.144.246.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07887 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 13:31:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: from struct. (algae26.verinet.com [199.45.181.122]) by bamboo.verinet.com (8.8.8/8.7.1) with ESMTP id OAA02703; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:31:34 -0600 Received: (from allenc@localhost) by struct. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA17875; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:31:12 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from allenc) Message-ID: <19980908143112.A17826@verinet.com> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:31:12 -0600 From: allen campbell To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle and Linux References: <199809081815.OAA02209@pechter.dyn.ml.org> <199809082013.NAA00438@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809082013.NAA00438@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 01:13:39PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > What are we doing in this area for FreeBSD... > > You're supposed to be letter-writing to Oracle committing to buying a > FreeBSD Oracle. My CSI number has spoken. > Or you could be helping the SVr4 emulation effort with a copy of Oracle > for Solaris/x86. > > Or you could be pre-registering for a copy of Oracle for Linux and > helping improve the Linux emulation to support it. Been there, done that. Do this even if you don't want it. You can bet they are watching the numbers. When I receive it, I will be attempting to run it on 3.0, which will probably be RELEASE by then. I hope I can be of help as a tester. Oracle recognized Linux because its customers (corporate developers, DBAs and system admins) wanted it. FreeBSD will be recognized when it represents a similar market significance. I am optimistic because to Oracle, one administrator is worth hundreds of desktops. One administrator who recognizes the potential of Linux is worth several ordinary admins, and one FreeBSD admin is worth at least three or four typical Linux guys. :) They just don't know it yet. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message