User: mabuxton

Re:Who pays for this stuff?

On: Oracle Linux Explored

Enterprise shops. To have the ability to have the database split and reside on several boxes can allow better performance. Nothing like having a 100+GB database. FYI: It does not look good to spend no or little money on a DB solution and have it not work. If you spend a lot on a database solution you usually are paying for support. Support will end up costing more then the DB to begin with. So $160,000 is cheep when you consider some the Oracle databases run on Million dollar Sun equipment.

Re:Just a trend? NO WAY

On: An Overview of Virtualization Technologies

I have systems that can't have any downtime.
We are about to put in VMotion from VMWare.

http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/vc/vmotion.html

No down time and users have no idea that the virtual server is moved. Heck most don't know they are even on a virtual server.

Re:great? except it's one more thing to explain

On: Pact Not to Use Image Constraint Token Until 2010?

2010 :( Well, I will not be buying HDTV for a long time then. My 10 year old TV that has a non HD screen with fuzzy lines and a that picture rolls over at the top and the picture grows and shrinks a few inches every 5 seconds and has an annoying hum will need to do for a few more years. Yes I use rabbit ears. Famous words: you can have my non-DRM TV when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.