Actually, the original SunOS was based on
BSD.  Then Sun switched to SYSV (to be more
businesslike I guess; we mustn't have code
written by a bunch of longhair, free love,
flower power hippies whilst on LSD listening
to the Dead running in REAL business applications)
and dubbed it "Solaris."  A lot of SunOS
people didn't appreciate the so-called
"benefits" of Slowaris, and either didn't
"upgrade," or they simply switched to
NetBSD and kept truckin'.

Anyway, in Solaris, the GOOD versions of
Unix commands are located in the /usr/ucb
(University of California, Berkeley)
hierarchy.

Also, FreeBSD is optimized for the i386
architecture.  NetBSD and OpenBSD are
architecture-neutral, and will bootstrap
on your Ron Popiel Rotisserie(TM) if given
the opportunity, so you have to keep a
close eye on them.


D

* On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 01:34:42PM -0700, Hawke wrote:
> I've heard good things about BSD (openBSD/freeBSD).
> they are the closest to sun/solaris and are designed for the
> X86 architecture.
> 
> also, you might consider a sun/solaris setup for the X86 Architecture
> (I know they have it as I was recently offered a copy of their version 
> 7 for only $7.00 USD)
> 
> I am still a ewbie to BSD, but I am starting to get into the hang
> of things (will be burning a copy of 2.8 with all the installation and
> tools tonight).
> 
> Hawke
> 
> Vishwa Hassan wrote:
> > 
> > We are currently considering moving to Intel based platforms (from
> > SUN/Solaris) running one of the distributions of Linix.  This email is to
> > solicit suggestions on the kind of platform and the distribution.
> > 
> > We would like to run Oracle Apps and Oracle database on two separate
> > platforms.  I understand the recommended distribution is the RedHat.  I
> > would like to hear comments on the platform required in terms of processing
> > power and memory and the recommended distribution to run Oracle.
> > 
> > Further, if a single machine is not sufficient enough in terms of processing
> > capabilities which performance Linux based clustering software can be used ?
> > 
> > Would appreciate your feedback particularly from those who have setup
> > similar environment.
> > 
> > Vishwa
> > 
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