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Oracle To Finish Linux Makeover This Year
An anonymous reader writes "According to a CNET News article: 'Oracle will finish switching its 9,000-person in-house programming staff to Linux by the end of 2004, the database powerhouse said Wednesday. In October, the company finished the Linux transition for the 5,000 programmers of its Oracle Applications software. Now the transformation has begun for those who work on the database product, said Wim Coekaerts, director of Linux engineering, in an interview at the CeBit trade show in New York.'"
A few years ago I saw a completely pimped out Pinto. Perfect paint, perfect everything. And in the rear window a panoramic landscape painting that was stippled so the driver could see through it.
As completely inexplicable as such things are, they do happen.
they have hidden cameras in your house looking over your shoulder as you're typing code so they can steal it. (it's a lot faster than having to wait until you submit it). if you find out too much, they hire someone to hold a gun sideways and point it at you. (that was a couple years ago though. i'm not sure they're still hiring people to hold guns sideways.)
Putting Oracle on a low-end box is like putting a $3000 stereo system in a Yugo.
But about the only way you'll get someone to steal your Yugo for you. Might be worth it.
This guy walks into a NAPA store and up to the parts counter where he asks, "Excuse me, can you give me a rear view mirror for my Yugo?"
The gentleman behind the counter gets a thoughful look, scrathes his a head for a moment, and replies," Yeah, sure. Why not? It sounds like a fair trade to me."
I'm not at all sure that the same would apply to a PC with Oracle on it though. A thousand dollar PC is actually good for something and you might miss it.
I think what Oracle is good for is still an open question, but at least many find it useful. Kinda like a brick is useful when you need to swat a fly. It's a crude instrument, but it gets the job done.
But I advise not using it on Windows.
KFG
yes, they are. Even though the red-hot shells are ejecting into their faces, they explain it away as a hardware problem.
Now all they need to do is switch to Postgres. ^^
...running just fine with Oracle 9i on Redhat 8 for a small intranet site (about 60 users)
wow! do you also drive to the corner store in a space shuttle?
Some people already believe it, but I'm not sure that Gates & Co. have anything to do with it.