[H-GEN] Re: [SLUG] Linux Questions
David Makepeace
D.Makepeace at uq.net.au
Sat Jul 18 15:53:09 EDT 1998
I just saw this.
It looks like Oracle8 and Informix will both be available for Linux.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980717.whorlinux.htm
David.
Andrae Muys wrote:
>
> On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Craige McWhirter wrote:
>
> > Hi - my name is Mandy Bryan and I write for ComputerWorld Australia. I am
<SNIP>
> > Secondly, I am looking for comment from Australian Linux users,
> > distributors etc on the fact that Oracle, Sybase, IBM and Informix have no
> > intentions of releasing versions of their databases on Linux.
>
> Well actually I feel that this is reading a little too much into their
> statements. The feeling I get from the reports is that the statement is
> for the short-term. In my opinion they are simply waiting to see if linux
> really is a market worth bothering about (and being conservative about
> it).
>
> For the last 9-12months rumours have been going around that Oracle had a
> linux port of their database engine but was sitting on it. One important
> thing about linux is that it is basically Unix without the branding. If
> you have developed a Unix application, porting it to linux is normally
> trivial. In fact it isn't uncommon for Unix developers to develop
> applications on linux, and then port them to the other platforms (the
> linux version is often not released).
<SNIP>
>
> Andrae Muys
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