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Re: OT Oracle Server Operating System
- From: stephen booth <stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: juancarlosreyesp@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:54:16 +0100
On 19/07/05, Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco <juancarlosreyesp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering why not Oracle, writes his own server operating system.
> The files are simply big bfiles, and if they need some library for
> something, they can use linux free libraries.
> The have asm functionality, etc. They have at least 80% of all the work.
>
They tried, it was called Raw Iron:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/1998/12/13/oracle_favours_open_source/
Sadly, it didn't take off: http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-235999.html
Stephen
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