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    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by jeena1, Mar 3, 2009.

  1. jeena1

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    How to solve the compatibility of Unix with Oracle is going for Linux is the only way? :cool:
     
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    Just a wee bit more detail is required on this one :rolleyes:
     
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    HAHAHAHAHAHAH! Oracle isn't compatible with ANYTHING. Trust me... I work with the *$(@&*#$ software.

    Anyway... what UNIX? What Linux? What are you trying to do? Get Oracle to install on OSX? HPUX? Z/OS? Redhat? What compatibility? Seriously... if you want help, you need to give details and actually describe the problem. You don't say to a mechanic "My car is not running any more. How do I fix it?" Why would you think the same thing works in software? Hell, software is much MORE complicated than vehicle repair.
     
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    Oracle is compatible with high prophet... errr... I mean profit! (step 3) :D
     
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    Unless software you are working on is for the vehicle :D

    But seriously. Why is Oracle so popular? I find it wicked bloated and complicated with all the various tie-ins and pieces. There is the normal db part, Oracle financials, Java stuff and a ton of other stuff I don't even want to know about. Seems like it can do a lot, but would take a full life time career to become an expert in every part of it.
     
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Lots of people make their livings off of supporting Oracle. There are two reasons that Oracle is popular. One is inertia... you have the PHB that has been told by countless marketdroids that "database == Oracle" and he won't hear of anything less. After all, he's a "PROFESSIONAL". A sub-part of this is that there are a ton of DBA's that know nothing but Oracle, and don't want to learn anything new. And it has a huge ecosystem built around it, the tools and consultants and so on.

    The second is that it actually is quite good at what it does. PLSQL, stored procedures, speed and data protection... if you can get over the warts, it's actually a good database that scales very well. Better than almost all other databases.

    I personally prefer PostgreSQL, but I'm an open-source kinda guy ;)
     
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