discuss: Oracle-9i-RH8-HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Oracle-9i-RH8-HOWTO
From:
Fernando Boaglio ####@####.####
Date:
31 Mar 2003 10:28:32 -0000
Message-Id: <200303310726.49438.fernandoboaglio@yahoo.com.br>
Em Ter 11 Mar 2003 09:54, Evgueni Tzvetanov escreveu:
> If your are thinking of writing such a document, then why not combine it
> with the one I already wrote?
That's a good idea.
>It is not worth to have 2 separate
> documents for that. Besides if you try to follow the list in
> Oracle-9i-RH8-HOWTO draft, it might turn that the rules are the same.
> Have you read it at all?
I did.
Indeed the most important rules are the same.
> I would be glad to combine efforts with you on that!
OK !
>
> Fernando Boaglio wrote:
> >>(That's a quote from
> >>http://otn.oracle.com/tech/linux/htdocs/linux_techsupp_faq.html)
> >>
> >>I think that anyone spending £10K+ on software licences is likely to
> >>want the option of having support. Given that, no-one who is serious
> >>about using Oracle on Linux is likely to use anything else.
> >
> >I agree, if you are going to install in a Production environment you
> >have to follow Oracle rules, you have to use RedHat or SuSE and
> >you can't even recompile your kernel (since Oracle 9i Release2)
> >anymore otherwise you will lose the official Support .
> >
> >BUT I'm not worried about these people, they have money, they
> >can afford some consultant hours. I'm worried about people
> >who want to learn Oracle by installing in their own computers.
> >They just want to test the product or learn something, they are
> >not worried about having official Support.
> >There are some small companies which use other distro and
> >don't want to change it because they can afford only the
> >product and not the Support (which is very expensive).
> >
> >I have been using Oracle in my slackware box since release 7.3
> >(which was a SCO Release, I had to use ibcs2 - the first Linux
> >Release was 8.0.5) and my opinion is Oracle is taking the easy
> >way not supporting the most common distros, making the job
> >of their Support easier. That doesn't mean Oracle won't work
> >in others distros and it doesn't mean you have to change your
> >distro to use their product either.
> >
> >Since I'm able to write such a document, I think I should write
> >a separate HowTo (just like the other one) called Oracle+Slackware-HOWTO
> >and this document should be mentioned in the official Oracle-Howto.
> >
> >
> >Let me hear your thoughts on that...
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Fernando Boaglio - Oracle/Java Consultant - LinuxRegUser#113728
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