Hmmmm... I didn't know that he wrote books too. I only remember him from the lyrics he wrote for Dr.Hook and His Medicine Show. I loved Dr. Hook back in the 70's..
I think young Billy Boy has learned a lesson or 2 from IBM. I remember once in 79/80 visiting a local IBM user group meeting. IBM used about the same tactics back then regarding their mainframes. And the user group saw the problems that FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created regarding equipment from the other suppliers.
M$ is doing the same now, binding the dealers to a "slave-contract". This is monpoly at it's worst.
It would be interesting to see what happened if one of the bigger PC producers just for once, said NO to M$....
Personally, I'm not sure if they actually would survive...
This was a very well laid out commentary with some extremely valid points. I have to say that I not necessarily agree with all, but so what!
I'd like to add that if we indeed are talking about Solaris for Intel compared to Linux, there is no doubt in my mind that I would advise people to go with Linux.
I have personally used Solaris for Intel, nice, if you already are used to Solaris from the Sparc Boxes.
When it comes to Oracle ports, this is the facts: 1. New releases are developed under Solaris on Sparc 2. When a code freeze happens on Solaris, the platform groups get the code. 3. NT will be released almost immediately after Solaris. 4. Then you will see platforms like HP-UX 10 and 11, AIX, OSF and Linux 5. Then the other platforms will follow in due time.
As for the stability, most of the bugs in Oracle are not platform specific.
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Hmmmm...
I didn't know that he wrote books too. I only remember him from the lyrics he wrote for Dr.Hook and His Medicine Show.
I loved Dr. Hook back in the 70's..
I guess I have to look up his books now!
Hmmmm...
This one is just as blank as www.linuxtune.com...
Bummers!
Exactly!
I think young Billy Boy has learned a lesson or 2 from IBM. I remember once in 79/80 visiting a local IBM user group meeting. IBM used about the same tactics back then regarding their mainframes. And the user group saw the problems that FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created regarding equipment from the other suppliers.
M$ is doing the same now, binding the dealers to a "slave-contract". This is monpoly at it's worst.
It would be interesting to see what happened if one of the bigger PC producers just for once, said NO to M$....
Personally, I'm not sure if they actually would survive...
OraMan
I applaud!
This was a very well laid out commentary with some extremely valid points. I have to say that I not necessarily agree with all, but so what!
I'd like to add that if we indeed are talking about Solaris for Intel compared to Linux, there is no doubt in my mind that I would advise people to go with Linux.
I have personally used Solaris for Intel, nice, if you already are used to Solaris from the Sparc Boxes.
When it comes to Oracle ports, this is the facts:
1. New releases are developed under Solaris on Sparc
2. When a code freeze happens on Solaris, the platform groups get the code.
3. NT will be released almost immediately after Solaris.
4. Then you will see platforms like HP-UX 10 and 11, AIX, OSF and Linux
5. Then the other platforms will follow in due time.
As for the stability, most of the bugs in Oracle are not platform specific.
Regards
OraMan