2 Nov
2004
2 Nov
'04
5:14 p.m.
Patrick Kaell wrote:
This is the reason why I am advocating for Slackware
on non Oracle
servers at work ;-)
Slackware is great, but I wonder how you can sell to your management
that when Pat has an accident, there's no more Slackware. This is a
serious question, as I haven't figured out how to do that.
Downside of Whitebox Enterprise Linux: Oracle is
only certified for the real Redhat. Oracle will never help you if you
have problems with a recompiled version of Redhat Enterprise Linux.
Quote from the Oracle site:
"Oracle's Linux commitment began in 1999 with the first commercial
database on Linux. Today, Oracle is the only major software vendor to
collaborate with and provide first-line support for Red Hat and
Novell/SUSE, and all Oracle products are available on Linux."
And the link to download the installation doc for Linux says:
"Learn the basics of installing Oracle Database 10g on RHEL 2.1, RHEL 3,
or SLES 8 from the bare metal up in this brand-new installation guide
(for evaluation purposes only).".
I haven't looked into this in detail, but maybe it's worth considering
SLES, which has afaik a more realistic pricing.
Regards,
-pu