On Thu, 28 May 1998, David Masterson wrote:
> 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).
The reports I have are all word-of-mouth, or emails I've received -- don't
have anything I can directly pass on. I've run Oracle on Linux myself
enough to know it works well, though.
> > 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.
I am actually not assuming that it'd be freeware, not at all. There's no
reason to release it as anything but a full-blown supported product, like
Applixware or Wordperfect (both ported to Linux).
Oracle does not understand what open software (Linux) is, so they don't
take it (Linux) seriously. Therefore, no port -- they're the ones assuming
it'd have to be freeware, or that all Linux users would want to pirate it.
(Or, that there aren't *enough* Linux users at all -- which is so not
true; we kick NT's ass for user base.)
However, you're right about Andressen -- in a recent article, he mentioned
having talks with Oracle, and said that when he brought up how seriously
Netscape was thinking about Linux, they didn't laugh him out of the room.
He was heartened by that, he said.
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