Re: [plug] oracle on linux

[gpar007]

Before going really to our Oracle project some calls this included a 
called to the developers of MYSQL. Our project was not that big but I 
really thought it wise that we must have a support on the database side 
we custom built the application and it needed some programming. I did 
called MYSQL which at that time made a major contract with one on the 
big stock brokeraging companies in the NYSE. So I asked them how much 
will it cost for support it ever we wanted MYSQL support. Of course the 
MYSQL is free but support will cost $40,000 per annum flat rate big or 
small deployment. So I said I better talk to Oracle 20% per annum of the 
original license purchase price. Pero nandiyan ang PLUG for free MYSQL 
support which I can not tell my boss.

Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote:
Quoting gpar007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

Aside from RHAS 2.1 what other commercial Linux Distro can
Oracle run
on. AS 2.1 with premium support cost around $2500 annually. Is
there a
cheaper alternative to run Oracle.


O'Reilly has an article on running Oracle9iR2 database on RedHat Linux
9. There are some things to be done to make it run smoothly though, such
as tweaking kernel parameters in /proc and replacement of the C library
with the patched version. Caveat emptor.
As you might already know, Oracle has explicit support for RedHat's
Enterprise AS (formerly known as RH AS) and ES, as well as those
offerings from UnitedLinux (SuSE, TurboLinux, Conectiva, and gasp..
SCO). You may be able to run Oracle on other distributions, but be
prepared to forfeit technical support.
I'd also recommend to check if you really, really, really need an
Oracle-based deployment (my apologies to Oracle and their users), as
deploying such doesn't come really cheap. If such setup which would
drive down operating costs and increase long term operational
productivity can be provided by free and/or open source DBMS, why not
use them?


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