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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5135 comp.os.linux.misc:34244 comp.os.os2.advocacy:76642 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!epiwrl.entropic.com!usenet From: kenh@entropic.com (Ken Hornstein) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 29 Jan 1995 11:56:40 -0500 Organization: Entropic Research Lab, Washington, DC. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3gghc8$3hv@epiwrl.entropic.com> References: <950116203411@lambada> <D31H4A.1BL@gumleaf.apana.org.au> <3gfnc3$pge@epiwrl.entropic.com> <D369qH.DE3@bonkers.taronga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: epiwrl.entropic.com In article <D369qH.DE3@bonkers.taronga.com>, Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> wrote: >In article <3gfnc3$pge@epiwrl.entropic.com>, >Ken Hornstein <kenh@entropic.com> wrote: >>Err, how does this differ from the VAR programs offered by Sun, SGI, SCO, etc? > >There's a lot to be said for single-source support. I'd be more inclined >to buy a DBMS from someone willing to support the OS as well, to cut down the >finger pointing. > >(oracle -> sun -> oracle -> sun -> ... bletch) Oh, I agree, but do you honestly think that any software vendor is going to do OS support as well? Especially when such a vendor already knows what a burden it is supporting their _own_ product, much less an operating system written by someone else? If you find someone that does that, let me know; I'd be interested as well. --Ken