Oracle's software, including its flagship database and its higher-level business software, are available for Unix, Linux and Windows, but the Windows versions have been something of a second priority, said Tom Manter, program director for enterprise database applications at Unisys. The companies now hope to turn that around.
"From what we're seeing and what we're going to see next week at Oracle OpenWorld, that's going to change. Oracle is embracing Windows and made a commitment to work with Microsoft and with Unisys," Manter said. The result should be better performance and more bang for the buck for those running Oracle software on Unisys' ES7000 server, which can accommodate as many as 32 Intel Xeon processors and 16 Intel Itanium processors.
Unisys has been changing its own database strategy. Two years ago, the company was focused chiefly on Microsoft's SQL Server database, but now Unisys has 50 engineers and marketing staff working on the Oracle project, up from zero a year ago, Unisys said.
Unisys' database directions diverge somewhat from Oracle's recent marketing efforts. Where Unisys has emphasized large multiprocessor servers, Oracle has been touting groups of lower-end machines sharing the same database, and while Unisys has been heavily advocating Windows, Oracle has been promoting Linux.
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- Oracle, don't listen to this Microsoft wolf PR sweet talk.
- When you deal with Microsoft, you are exchanging your arms and legs for bread crumbs from Microsoft.
It is deja vu. Look at what happened with competitors in overwhelming cases in the past who partnered with Microsoft and we can see the sorrowful trend.... (Read the rest) - Posted by: systemcleaner Posted on: 12/06/04 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use
Oracle, you better watch out for Microsoft.
systemcleaner | 12/03/04
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Yup, Oracle is forgetting about the third "E"
Judas I. | 12/04/04
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Wrong ...
George Mitchell | 12/04/04
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"Oracle's support for Windows is NOT going to endanger Oracle."
Judas I. | 12/04/04
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You are assuming ...
George Mitchell | 12/04/04
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Good points, George, and I agree with everything you said.
Judas I. | 12/04/04
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databases kill me
JasonL31 | 12/06/04
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Oracle or MS SQL is unbreakable?
hani_y | 12/03/04
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Enterprise customers are simply not that stupid
George Mitchell | 12/04/04
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Simply not true.
systemcleaner | 12/06/04
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Fanatic allegiances are toxic for businesses ...
George Mitchell | 12/04/04
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Oracle, don't listen to this Microsoft wolf PR sweet talk.
systemcleaner | 12/06/04
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Just great
Roger Ramjet | 12/06/04
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