Comments on: Does Oracle 11g mean more Linux?

By: Ontario Emperor

Ontario Emperor — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:51:11 +0000

Oracle Database 11g is now available for Windows, a little over two months later. See the tweet.

By: Zlatko Calusic

Zlatko Calusic — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:04:19 +0000

Soon after it has been released, I've tested the installation on Debian GNU/Linux (which is actually an unsupported distribution). What to say, I'm impressed, it installed just fine, fast and without problems. Although, it really uses lots of resources, it seems. See more here: A First Look at Oracle 11g database on Debian GNU/Linux

By: Kevin Closson

Kevin Closson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:40:53 +0000

Don’t be fooled. Oracle on Windows is a very viable business for Oracle. People don’t “switch” from SQL Server to Oracle necessarily. That is not how the Windows/Oracle market increases. Nobody woke up this morning and said to themselves, “Hey, I think it would be cool to get a server so I can buy an RDBMS. And While I’m at it I think I’ll get an application.” People buy the Application then choose the platform.

If the Application they choose is back-ended by Oracle and they happen to be a Windows shop, they’ll be running Oracle on Windows. As for bespoke applications, if they are otherwise an Oracle shop but have Windows servers for their commodity tier, they may right-size a small custom application on Windows. There are some shops that would rather run Windows on commodity hardware than Linux. In the end, the fact remains that only Oracle offers such level of choice.