Ok, possibly naive on my part, but Jeff doesn't seem to quite agree with you. And I'm still curious about the other half: how much influence can be exerted over windows development? Windows may be more stable than in the past, but it still has warts. * drive letters * very non-scriptfriendly commands * the shell sucks * the robust builtin in pipes are nearly useless from the command line * did I mention drive letters? * services cannot be counted on to start reliably on reboot On 4/7/06, Kevin Closson <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>Those same types of customers could easily get involved with > Linux development > and participate in the kernels future. > > > I'm choking on my Bier, Jared! Anyone with intimate knowledge of what > Operating System support a GOOD, boutique port of Oracle relies on knows > all too well that not even Oracle Corp has managed to influence the > Linux Kernel sufficiently! Some of the complete junk they are > mainlining > is astounding, and the motives for acceptance of same is generally a bit > dubious. > > The majority of Linux revenue is desktop, and it shows. 'nuff said. It > is a "good enough" situatation I feel. > > I think the age-old "world is flat" view of Windows is > just that. Now, the "fit" of Oracle software on Windows is > ripe for criticism. > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist