On May 8, 6:22 am, Michael Schmarck <usenet-mich...@schmarck.cn>
wrote:
> Rainer Duffner <rai...@ultra-secure.de> wrote:
> > Michael Schmarck schrieb:
>
> >> Because Linux is different? How many Windows, HP-UX, AIX
> >> distributions are out there?
>
> > Cute to leave out "Solaris" in the above list ;-)
>
> Yes, wasn't it?
>
> But even with Solaris it makes sense that Oracle only supports Solaris.
> After all, only Solaris 10 (or 11, when it comes out) is the /official/
> Solaris.
>
> That's still not comparable to Linux - RHEL is certainly not the only
> official Linux there is.
>
> Michael


> That's still not comparable to Linux - RHEL is certainly not the only
> official Linux there is.

You are obviously a Linux desktop user and have no idea about
administering
corporate servers.

Oracle never said that RedHat is the only "official Linux". Oracle
only runs on "Enterprise Linux" -a category very different from
"Linux".

What Oracle wants to say is:

(1) Oracle is in the server business
(2) Oracle db only runs on "Enterprise Linux"
(3) Our official enterprise Linux is RedHat

The mistake many of you (I have really clarified this more often
that I can count) are making is trying to be at level (3) when
you don't even reach level (1).

-Ramon