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Yes, you can go buy name-brand hardware (Dell, IBM, Sun, HP) in a special configuration not used anywhere else in your infrastructure and install an OS on it wh
by benblack 16y ago
Yes, you can go buy name-brand hardware (Dell, IBM, Sun, HP) in a special configuration not used anywhere else in your infrastructure and install an OS on it which you don't run on any other system, all just so you can have the honor of paying Oracle. That was my point.
- gaius 16y agoEh? Dell is very much not a brand like IBM or HP, they are pioneers in the field of cheap generic hardware. That's why I chose them as an example! And Red Hat is hardly an obscure OS these days either... And Oracle runs happily on Windows or many other common OSs too...