Re: [Sheflug] RedHat and Script Kiddies

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> 
> On 24 Jan 2001 21:11:50 +0000, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> > Alex Hudson wrote:
> > >
> > > There are a number of
> > > good reasons for running redhat on some machines (running commercial
> > > software, such as Oracle, especially, because I've yet to see a clean
> > > Oracle install yet), but good reasons for not running it on others.
> >
> >  Erm, I've got one. I've been running Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition r2
> > (8.1.6) for donkeys.
> > No hassles at all. The install guide I used is at
> > http://www.arsdigita.com/ad-training/acs-install/oracle - however
> > certain parts are biased to the installation of ArsDigita's community
> > system.
> 
> I think I'll actually give that a go tomorrow. I've not installed that
> up-to-date a version before - the fact it comes with JRE seems to be a
> bonus - but almost every Oracle I've ever played with has needed some
> tweaking to the install to get it going properly.
> 

 Well, let me know how you get along. I've got the Oracle disk and the
tar file here  - I could burn you a copy if you like.
8.1.7 is the latest version, but 8.1.6 is still up to it.
The download is a painful experience - 8.1.6 is 285Mb, and IIRC 8.1.7 is
400-odd Mb.

> >  But surely we do...no commercial future = not much development, no
> > commercial distros, little progression on the distro side.
> 
> I didn't say no commercial future!! But, I don't think necessarily it's
> good that the platform becomes the product. People didn't say there was
> no commercial future in baked beans when Tescos started knocking them
> out at 1p a tin ;)

OK, I just interpreted 

>When the Linux Distribution business starts becoming profitable (which I hope it never does!!)

as no profit = no commercial reason to bother with it.

 Grrr. The lack of word wrap (that I can see before sending) in Netscape
is really getting on my wick.

 Baz.
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