Re: [Info-ingres] Solaris 10 vs SuSE Linux on Intel x86

Lucky Leavell wrote:
I have a customer running OI2 on SCO OSR5.0.5 who will be migrating to new hardware. At first blush, it was obvious to move to Ingres r3 on linux but then the idea of Solaris 10 on Intel popped up. Any comments or suggestions? 

I have some experience with Solaris10/Opteron, I can say it
really flies.
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  • Re: Is anything else then Solaris used on UltraSparc Machines.
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