Oracle implementation question

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Hello,
I am looking for some input from the community in regards to selecting an OS
for our potential Oracle E-Business Suite roll out. It has become apparent
that Solaris and HP/UX are the main contenders for our size. Can anyone
give me some reasons/factors for deciding between HP/UX or Solaris, why did
you choose on over the other.
Thanks you very much!

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I have worked with Digital Equipment (I'm old!) that became Compaq, that
then became HP. I've seen machines for which we paid a hefty price become
obsolete/desuported/incompatible very fast in the transitions. I really
liked DEC in the old days (OpenVMS and Digital Unix), it was not cheap, but
it worked great. Too bad the new managment dumped such great technology as
the alpha and storage works. If it wasn't for DEC, RAC wouldn't exist today.

I've since discovered sun machines and now have a lot of respect for them.
I've heard so many horror stories in the early days of solaris. But now, it
is pretty stable, and you can still use much of your old equipment and plug
in new stuff on your old servers.

I was really annoyed when Compaq/HP decided tu ditch most of DEC's Storage
Works technology at the time. We had invested a lot in DEC hardware RAID
controllers (It was VERY expensive then) and we were left with an almost
useless pile of expensive junk.

I've worked a bit with HP/UX at some point in time, and I was mesmerized at
how bad their UNIX shell was. They probably got it fixed since then, and it
probably wasn't as bad as AIX.

I have more respect for sun than for HP. I had more respect for DEC than
for Sun. I have no respect for Compaq.

[Daniel Morgan]

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Why are you rejecting, out-of-hand, Linux? It would certainly be on my
short list.

I don't know what you mean by 'our size' but if Linux can handle
Amazon.com I suspect it can handle your product too.

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[Bob Jones]

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If you are considering software alone, I would pick Solaris. Not only it is
Oracle's top tier platform, it supports more applications too. HP definitely
has great hardware, but their RISC systems are more expensive.