> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:14:16 +0700 > From: Mohamad Syafii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Oracle mau ngeluarin Oracle for Linux euiiii..... > > -- > Mohamad Syafii > -------------- > http://centrin.net.id/~pii > > From: "Stepan, Jamison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:36:38 -0500 > > *** From dbi-users -- To unsubscribe, see the end of this message. *** > > Oracle to port database to Linux after all > > By Paul Krill > InfoWorld Electric > > Posted at 4:00 PM PT, Jul 17, 1998 > In a sudden turnabout, Oracle will indeed port its Oracle8 database to > the Linux operating system. The company earlier this month said it had > no such plans but > has had a change of heart based on a recent groundswell of support for > the open-source operating system. > > A formal announcement is planned for Tuesday, an Oracle representative > said. > > "In the last couple of weeks, there's been this huge groundswell for > Linux," the representative said. > > A version of Oracle8 for Linux on the Intel platform is planned for > shipment by March 1999. Support for other hardware platforms is likely > to follow. > > Oracle would follow Informix, which is also planning to announce Linux > support next week. Oracle has had its database running on Linux in its > labs, however. > > The company expects to sell a "huge volume" of its database for Linux > based on the recent growth of Linux. > > "It'll just be like porting to another platform," the representative > said. > > Oracle Corp., in Redwood Shores, Calif., can be reached at (650) > 506-7000 or http://www.oracle.com. > > Paul Krill is a senior editor for InfoWorld. _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dg body unsubscribe id-linux Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dg body help Archive: http://www.vlsm.org/linux-archive
