RE: Question about UDB on iSeries

["Reinardy, James" <jreinardy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan,

While I agree that Oracle itself is proprietary, the fact that it can
run efficiently on Windows, Linux and multiple Unix flavors on hardware
from a myriad of different vendors provides some comfort to me.  I have
run Oracle on Windows, Linux and Solaris at various times and the
underlying OS is virtually transparent to all levels of database user
except perhaps the DBA. 

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan C
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:08 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Question about UDB on iSeries

Hi Jim!

Glad to see you're getting it all, but this statement provokes another
question for you. What non-proprietary hardware are you referring to? 
What non-proprietary OS were you referring to? And what is Oracle if it
is not proprietary?

- Alan

>I will admit to some misgivings about the proprietary nature of the 
>hardware and OS compared to the Oracle world I am used to, but I have 
>no complaints about the robustness of the software, including the
database.
>
>Jim Reinardy
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