Re: [tlug] Business applications of Linux

[Henri Servomaa <henri_servomaa@example.com>]

patrick.niessen@example.com wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: e_davies@example.com [mailto:e_davies@example.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 11:22 AM
> > To: tlug@example.com
> > Subject: Re: [tlug] Business applications of Linux
> > > Hi,
> > > I recently came across an article which said that lot of companies
> > > were switching to Linux in Japan. I was just wondering what
> > kind  of
> > > applications might be used and what  areas Linux is being
> > used in the
> > > companies. I would appreciate any input.
> >
> > I'm contracting as a 'database engineer' and I recently
> > convinced my client, a medium-sized company, to upgrade thier
> > DBs from Oracle8i on HP-UX to Oracle9i on Linux servers
> > (Miracle Linux).
> >
> 
> What was the reason for the switch?  Cheaper Hardware or Software License?
> OS consolidation?

I would love to hear more too. Not as much the (possibly confidential)
details
but the grand theme of things. 
For ex. how long have you run Miracle, are there any stability or other
issues
and what are the "sizes" of the db installations, and have you actually
managed to lower operational costs with this, etc.


TIA
--
Henri