Re: oracle has customers over a barrel
On 12 sep, 16:11, grendal <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 12, 9:01 am, Mark D Powell <Mark.Pow...@eds.com> wrote: > > > From IBM. I installed DB2 on a Linux partition on a mainframe and I > > am sure as Serge has confirmed that it was available on AIX and Sun > > Solaris at the time (version 8 and/or 8.1). IBM had/has ported the > > product to non-IBM platforms. They were in the process of making the > > UDB versions and the traditional version more alike at the time. That > > is the first ports to other platforms and the mainframe version were > > not based on the exact same code base but I do believe that version 8 > > had greatly reduced the differences. By now there should be few code > > base differences except at the very lowest OS interface level. > > > See Serge's reply. > > -- Mark D Powell -- > > Admitting that you've installed DB2 is bad enough. Admitting to Linux > on Z, well ... > Well, I've no problem admitting to having installed and running DB2 on Linux on z for quite a few years now without major problems. We also run Oracle on Linux on z, for instance for a Data Warehouse that used to run on a (big) Sun server. -- Jeroen
> From: nltaal@baasbovenbaas.demon.nl > Subject: Re: oracle has customers over a barrel > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:47:59 -0700 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > On 12 sep, 16:11, grendal <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > On Sep 12, 9:01 am, Mark D Powell <Mark.Pow...@eds.com> wrote: > > > > > From IBM. I installed DB2 on a Linux partition on a mainframe and I > > > am sure as Serge has confirmed that it was available on AIX and Sun > > > Solaris at the time (version 8 and/or 8.1). IBM had/has ported the > > > product to non-IBM platforms. They were in the process of making the > > > UDB versions and the traditional version more alike at the time. That > > > is the first ports to other platforms and the mainframe version were > > > not based on the exact same code base but I do believe that version 8 > > > had greatly reduced the differences. By now there should be few code > > > base differences except at the very lowest OS interface level. > > > > > See Serge's reply. > > > -- Mark D Powell -- > > > > Admitting that you've installed DB2 is bad enough. Admitting to Linux > > on Z, well ... > > > > Well, I've no problem admitting to having installed and running DB2 on > Linux on z for quite a few years now without major problems. > We also run Oracle on Linux on z, for instance for a Data Warehouse > that used to run on a (big) Sun server. > > -- > Jeroen Wow. Linuz Z/os ers Unite! All kidding aside, I think you number more than people who've successfully put EGL in to production. While this sounds like a joke, its not. Going back a few years, I can only recall Stuart talking about one guy in Egypt. (And since he 'sells' 4Js, he would know... ;-) [Note: EGL is also an interesting topic since IBM just dumped it on to the OS community...] Linux Z isn't that popular of a solution. (Going from memory when it was released.) The danger is that if there are not enough users of the OS, the quality of support dwindles. I'd say if you were going to run Linux, build out a pair of linux boxes and replicate IDS for load balancing and redundancy. _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/