Re: NT/Linux Driver?

Thayne Harbaugh (thayne@plug.org)
Sun, 04 May 1997 16:56:15 -0600


Alessandro Suardi wrote:
>
> Harald Milz wrote:
> >
> > Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net) wrote:
> > >
> > > How does Oracle feel about people being able to run their database on
> > > Linux using iBCS? Furious?
> >
> > I suppose not. While we're at Oracle, does any kind soul know who to talk
> > to at Oracle about a native Linux port?
> >
>
> My opinion, since I tried asking that when the Oracle8 Beta was
> in its early stages (and never got any reply), is that either
> somebody *real* high in the company sees a sound business on
> Linux (or maybe some *large* customer asks for a Linux port)
> or there is not much hope about this.

One reason they might not want to do a Linux version is that they don't
want
to upset Sun or SCO.

-- 
Thayne Harbaugh
President PLUG
Provo Linux Users' Group
http://www.plug.org