I cam into this discussion rather late however, I am exteremly interested
in getting Oracle onto Linux. Any information in the successful
implementation would be great including running Oracle on
RH5.0 or 4.2.
I am also interested in which Oracle version you are running is it 7.3.3
or is it 8.0.4?
I will be happy to discuss this with anyone offline via email and I would
like to offer to help pool resources so that documentation could be
provided in the form of a HOWTO and/or a webpage.
Thanks
Brian
On Thu, 28 May 1998, David Masterson wrote:
> >>>>> "Sabat" == Sabat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Wed, 27 May 1998, Anand P. Kale wrote:
> >> Does anyone has the idea if ORACLE is available on Linux ? If so
> >> where can I find more information. ?
>
> > Oracle is not available on Linux. However, the SCO versions of
> > Oracle work very well under Linux -- contrary to what others have
> > stated here. There are groups within Oracle Corp that use SCO Oracle
> > on Linux as production servers. (I'm saying this as a soon-to-be
> > ex-employee with firsthand knowledge.)
>
> > I have a collection of howto info that can help you get it up and
> > running; installation is the only tricky part. Once it's up and
> > running, SCO Oracle works better on Linux than it does on SCO. (I've
> > had consistent reports that it's up to four times faster, and much
> > more stable.)
>
> > If you (Anand) and anyone else (on the redhat list) wants this info,
> > feel free to email me. It's not very organized yet -- stuff I've
> > pulled off the net over the past years -- but I've used most of the
> > info before, and was able to get Oracle running fine.
>
> I'd be very much interested in this info. I'm not quite sure what I'd
> do with it right now, but I'd like to ensure that I have it when I
> need it. I'd also be interested in any sanitized reports that you
> could share on how well Oracle on Linux works (sanitized in the sense
> of removing names to protect the innocent).
>
> > About Oracle Corp porting to Linux: not bloody likely. Why? Because
> > Oracle is run by non-technical people who don't understand what open
> > software is. They honestly think that corporate software is always
> > superior to freeware.
>
> You're equating two things that aren't necessarily equal. That is
> you're assuming that, if Oracle was ported to Linux, then it would
> have to be released as freeware. Another approach is for Oracle to
> make Linux a tier-1 (or 2) supported platform.
>
> > The people who would make the business decision to port to Linux
> > don't see a reason to do so. I know: I mounted an email campaign on
> > this subject, and was constantly rebuffed with "we can't come up
> > with a good business case for this."
>
> > It will take either:
>
> > 1] new, savvy people in these positions,
>
> > 2] a big shift in the corporate perception of open software (this is
> > happening, but Oracle is a slow, slothful beast)
>
> > 3] a business deal with another corporation, perhaps like what
> > Caldera has done with Netscape
>
> > 4] a competitor like Informix porting to Linux and getting lots of
> > attention. The Informix port is supposed to be happening, I hear,
> > but it'll take some press before Oracle wakes its big ugly head and
> > gets jealous/mad about it enough to do the port.
>
> According to Marc Andreessen at a recent SVLUG, Netscape may be
> pushing #2 with Oracle and that may lead to a #3. Oracle is probably
> watching how well Netscape does with its Mozilla experiment.
>
> --
> David Masterson
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