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Make a lot of sense
Oracle are no doubt sick of marching to an OS vendor's drum. They'd like to implement their proprietary lock-in at the database level, not the OS. So the more independent they are of OS vendors, the better. The line "because software written for Windows isn't portable to other operating systems" is a dead give-away - if portability is an issue, what other OS's can you port to easily if you write for Linux? None are mentioned, so that fits into the list of excuses, not reasons.

The clear intent is to be free of dependence on proprietary, closed operating systems.

Other bonuses that help release Oracle from OS vendor dependence:

Large databases tend to be run on dedicated machines, so as long as the box plays nicely on the network, the OS becomes more or less irrelevant

The OS generally only needs a basic setup and security, the rest of the security (who can see what data) is implemented in the database

Stored procedures allow a lot of programming in the database, so not only is Oracle's proprietary lock-in enhanced, the system becomes more independent of the OS vendors support for (or by) development environments.

Oracle stops promoting OS vendors' proprietary offerings - every time Oracle go to sell a product, they are also promoting the platform it runs on. I'm sure it galls them to keep promoting Windows every time they do a sales pitch.

The only real winner here is Oracle: Linux gets a boost but there's no dollars in it. Users will hardly notice the difference - the OS is hardly the most expensive part of a DB server and cheap hardware is not really an issue - Linux runs on exactly the same IBM AT/XT clone hardware as Windows. Anyway, I'm sure Oracle would love to soak up any slack in that regard.
Posted by: Fred Fredrickson   Posted on: 05/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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im not sure  eLurker | 05/26/04
im not sure  seosamh_z | 05/26/04
too much sun  eLurker | 05/26/04
Make a lot of sense  Fred Fredrickson | 05/26/04
Not really  seosamh_z | 05/26/04
Since you asked  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/26/04
Means much more than you're giving credit for  Richard Flude | 05/26/04
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I believe it's process management.  doe_z | 05/27/04
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Guess they had no choice...  John Zern | 05/26/04
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