Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:49:02 -0600 From: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oracle 8 to be shipped for Linux Message-ID: <19980718224902.A21361@verinet.com> In-Reply-To: <19980718195306.A4564@mu.org>; from Paul Saab on Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 07:53:06PM -0500 References: <19980718195306.A4564@mu.org>
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On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 07:53:06PM -0500, Paul Saab wrote: > Hopefully we can run it under emulation: > http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980717.whorlinux.htm Speculation at slashdot.org is Oracle will use raw devices for its Linux tablespaces. Apparently the ext2fs is limited to < 2G files. I would guess (because I really don't know) that this would pose a significant emulation problem. Speculation by someone who does know would be greatly appreciated. Jordan's recent advocacy at www.freshmeat.net for solid Linux emulation (among many other things) is very relevant here. I have been advocating FreeBSD and Linux to my employers and colleagues for some time now. I am _certain_ that this will go a long way towards acceptance. I advocate Oracle on anything other that NT anyhow; it would be nice to see FreeBSD get a piece of this. I think this lends a great deal of credibility to Linux, and indirectly FreeBSD. When I attended the May OAUG in San Diego (Oracle Applications User Group,) a presenter mentioned her preference for Unix as a production platform over NT during her config and sizing presentation. This evoked enthusiastic applause from several hundred Oracle DBA types. This market will definitely take notice of Linux as an alternative to NT for smaller vertical applications that use Oracle. This is one place NT is gaining a lot of market in otherwise Unix shops (and disappointing a lot of DBAs.) I have little doubt Linux (and hopefully FreeBSD) can do better. According to the Infoworld article, Oracle will make its official announcement Tuesday. It will be quite something to browse into the download/demo pages at www.Oracle.com and see Linux alongside Sun and Microsoft. I doubt I'll download the demo; I'll probably just buy it ASAP and run whatever I have too to make it work. :) -- Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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