why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

Julian H. Stacey jhs at berklix.com
Thu Sep 24 17:33:55 UTC 2009


> > > i noticed that there is no Oracle available for FreeBSD
> > > http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/index.html
> > > 
> > > What could be the reason for that ?
> > 
> > Best ask direct of commercial application vendor Oracle.
> > IE wave money under Oracle's nose & ask to purchase what you want.
> > 
> > If Oracle think there's enough profit in it, there's many BSD
> > consultants eg http://berklix.com/consultants/ willing to work.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Julian
> > -- 
> 
> i was wondering if there is any technical reason behind this ?

Most unlikely. Ask Oracle & tell advocacy@ what you find out.
I'd bet perceived market share & demand as ever, ie Money.

Cheers,
Julian
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