2009/9/25 Saifi Khan <saifi.k...@datasynergy.org>: > On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >> > > > i noticed that there is no Oracle available for FreeBSD >> > > > http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html >> > > > >> > > > What could be the reason for that ? >> > > >> > > Best ask direct of commercial application vendor Oracle. >> > > IE wave money under Oracle's nose & ask to purchase what you want. >> > > >> > > If Oracle think there's enough profit in it, there's many BSD >> > > consultants eg http://berklix.com/consultants/ willing to work. >> > > >> > > Cheers, >> > > Julian >> > > -- >> > >> > i was wondering if there is any technical reason behind this ? >> >> Most unlikely. Ask Oracle & tell advocacy@ what you find out. >> I'd bet perceived market share & demand as ever, ie Money. >> > > Hi Julian: > > Here is the response on the Oracle forum thread to my posting, > > > """ > FreeBSD is a kernel not used in any extant operating system with > the sole exception being Apple's Mac OSX so you are heading, > full speed ahead, toward disappointment.
And this is where he gives away that he knows nothing about it. In the first sentence, he shows that he thinks that Mac OS X uses the FreeBSD kernel. (Which is wrong, in case you were wondering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system) ) > FreeBSD handles many > things very differently from the UNIX System 5 standard so you > can not just kludge your way into this. What? > > What fascinates me about your request is why you care. FreeBSD > is going nowhere at a staggeringly fast pace. And to the same > place as went Oracle Database version 8.0. Obscurity. What? > > Install Oracle's Enterprise Linux and you will have a real > operating system in less time than you've spent monitoring this > thead. And as an additional value it will support the Oracle > technology stack while you are still young enough to use it. > """ > > and > """ > IF you can match up the system calls, then you can 'make it > work'. > """ > > The relevant links are > 1. http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=952076&tstart=0 > 2. http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=952076&tstart=0 > > The response seems to suggest that there is some feature used by > Oracle which is expected from a UNIX Sys 5 std and perhaps > FreeBSD does not support/have the syscall. > > Given the response, What is your analysis of the situation ? > > > thanks > Saifi. > This guy replying to your post was a troll, basically. Ignore him, and concentrate on real Oracle employees for sources. Of course, if this was an Oracle employee, then you really should think about using some different software.... Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list? _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"