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Re: Sun Should 'Unify' Open-Source Software
Posted by: Paul Murphy 2004-12-17 09:59:40

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Until quite recently, Oracle's salespeople would recommend Sun hardware because SPARC offered the memory, processor speed and reliability needed to make the database product seem pretty good. Today, however, Oracle sees Lintel (Linux on Intel) as its route to a bigger share of the customer's budget. That's bad news for Sun even if the Linux hardware comes from Sun, because the margins are a bit slimmer and the chances of damage to Sun's reputation as a reliable supplier far greater.

Re: Sun Should 'Unify' Open-Source Software
Posted by: dokhebi 2006-02-10 09:09:16 In reply to: Paul Murphy

At a previous job I used Unify Accell/SQL on Unify 2000 RDBMS (running on SCO OSR3). It made it possible for me to quickly build database applications that were robust and easy to use. Since then I've been looking for a Linux 4GL tool for easy application building but have not been able to find one that works the same way Accell/SQL did. If Sun buys Unify and open sources it's products it will be what I am looking for. Go Sun!

Re: Sun Should 'Unify' Open-Source Software
Posted by: rkuris 2005-01-04 11:55:23 In reply to: Paul Murphy

This is an amazingly insightful article!