You (Ian Collins) wrote:
> On 08/31/10 03:52 AM, Matthias Pfützner wrote:
>> Right, but in all cases, Oracle never really announced stuff so much in
>> advance as Sun did... So, that's a change in external behaviour, but not
>> necessarily an indication of a different underlying attitude towards the
>> product Solaris itself...
>>
>>
> Let's just hope for their sake they understand the OS platform market and
> its flow of information is way different from the database market.
>
> It is very hard and very expensive to migrate a business from one database
> platform to another, so customers are effectively locked in. One of my
> clients is spending many man years and a small fortune doing this.
>
> It is comparatively easy and cheap to swap OS and hardware. The further
> customers can see what's coming to plan ahead the less likely they are to
> move.
>
> --
> Ian.
I'm more than with you with that one! "Does the OS matter?" was/is a topic of
discussion, and it's very different from DBs. Still, Oracle is Oracle... We
have to wait and see!
(Standard disclaimer: All said here is my own opinion, and does not reflect
nor is influenced by Oracle!)
Matthias
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