But do all these matter though? Everyone's moving to MS software and *nixes are getting rarer and rarer. The fact is that everyone's losing money (Sun, IBM, HP, SGI even RedHat and Caldera) - except MS. It's an MS world like it or not.
ltiu On Monday 15 July 2002 08:33, Andrey Bronfin wrote: > "Good bet that smaller Unix vendors will run to Linux before vendors like > Sun do." > Not exactly , just look at homepages of sun , ibm , oracle . > There are more appearences of the word "linux" there than any word in > Britannica ;-) > > > DBAndrey > > * 03-9254520 > * 058-548133 > * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Mon, July 15, 2002 4:13 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Jared - Good point. In addition, other costs to an independent Unix vendor > are: > - Staff costs of a large development staff. This cost doesn't vary, > regardless of the number of customers. Therefore, vendors with a small > market share have proportionally higher costs. > - Costs of attracting software vendors. If the Unix version has a large > market share, application software vendors (like Oracle) will gladly port > their product to your O.S. However, if your market share is low, vendors > are reluctant to support your O.S. Then you are trapped in the > chicken-and-egg syndrome (similar to "nobody will give me a job because I > don't have experience, but how can I get experience without a job"). Good > bet that smaller Unix vendors will run to Linux before vendors like Sun do. > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:53 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > I'm sure that many vendors welcome an opportunity > to stop paying royalties to AT&T for unix code. I believe > that all mainstream vendor implementations of unix have > AT&T base. > > Jared > > On Sunday 14 July 2002 11:58, Andrey Bronfin wrote: > > hi ! > > i might start another war , but i can't resist a part of me which wants > > to ask : > > what do you , seasoned gurus, think of everybody's (as it seems to be) > > plans to abandon the "classic" unix for linux ? > > In particular , most database vendors (as well as other enterprise > > software > > > vendors) name linux as the future #1 platform for their DBs (especially > > given the fact that a DB cluster is not rare any more). > > It also looks like many development shops shift their efforts to develop > > on > > > windows (or , in some rare cases, linux ) instead of unix . > > What do you think about this ? > > > > > > DBAndrey > > > > * 03-9254520 > > * 058-548133 > > * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: ltiu INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
