> For stability and flexibility, I sure preferred Solaris x86 to Win2k. I had > several Solaris Admins around, so I didn't have to do the support myself. > IMHO it would be worth learning to avoid Windows. Now I have several > skilled UNIX Admins who keep our HP-UX and Linux servers hummin', so I still > get to be just the DBA. rather good sysadmins actually. in my experience having good system adminastration makes the difference in which OS performes better. and yes i work with Jack.;-) -- -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkes." -- The Goddess -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l