Apple's enterprise solution...buy Oracle?

satchmosatchmo
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
This is related to the marketshare thread, but deals specifically at how Apple can make inroads into the corporate world.



I'm just throwing this out here, but I've always wondered why Apple hasn't aligned itself a bit more with Oracle. Don't they dominate the enterprise world?



And isn't Jobs' buddy Ellison, on the Apple board?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    an idea i got and posted earlier this morning:



    apple should take over red hat to make corprate inroads, and also get 1 hell of a corprate service division, phase out enterprise linux replace it with osx server, they always have an intel copy on hand for such a time as this.
  • Reply 2 of 10
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Yea Apple should buy Oracle and I should buy the Taj Mahal for my wife.
  • Reply 3 of 10
    rokrok Posts: 3,519member
    first, there's no reason to buy oracle when ellison will do just about anything for steve and vice versa (mostly because i think steve is the only guy on the planet who can understand larry).



    also, oracle's currently being stymied from buying peoplesoft for potentially becoming a monopoly in their field. oracle's just too bloody big for anything but a hostile microsoft takeover (oh crap, they may be listening!!!)
  • Reply 4 of 10
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by rok

    (snip)



    Not related to the post, but congrats on post #2000 rok!
  • Reply 5 of 10
    madmax559madmax559 Posts: 596member
    oracle already exists for os x in beta

    10g has already been released for the following platforms



    sparc64

    linux

    hp ux

    aix





    win32 & os x are up next.



    do any of you guys actually use large db's

    or look at technet.oracle.com before making these observations ?
  • Reply 6 of 10
    trailmaster308trailmaster308 Posts: 699member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by madmax559

    oracle already exists for os x in beta

    10g has already been released for the following platforms



    sparc64

    linux

    hp ux

    aix





    win32 & os x are up next.



    do any of you guys actually use large db's

    or look at technet.oracle.com before making these observations ?



    I do. Thats why you don't hear me making silly remarks like the first few. Cheers!
  • Reply 7 of 10
    madmax559madmax559 Posts: 596member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by trailmaster308

    I do. Thats why you don't hear me making silly remarks like the first few. Cheers!



    which db do you use & what platform ?
  • Reply 8 of 10
    trailmaster308trailmaster308 Posts: 699member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by madmax559

    which db do you use & what platform ?



    We use Oracle 8.1.7.3 running on AIX 5.1 platform. Im an AIX/CCL programmer for one of six sister Hospitals. Currently we have 6 hospitals in our state running remote sites. All sites are tied into their own domain on our Shark thats powered by a Regatta. Front ends are citrix servers that all the floors access via a Citrix web client.



    EDIT: shouldn't say AIX programmer b/c well...thats dumb...should say CCL programmer specialized in an AIX env.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    madmax559madmax559 Posts: 596member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by trailmaster308

    We use Oracle 8.1.7.3 running on AIX 5.1 platform.



    ahh you will like 10g

    transportable tablespaces

    auto extent management

    and...

    a regex parser inside the db so you can do regex

    inside a sql statement transforming data on the fly

    using a regular expression
  • Reply 10 of 10
    trailmaster308trailmaster308 Posts: 699member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by madmax559

    ahh you will like 10g

    transportable tablespaces

    auto extent management

    and...

    a regex parser inside the db so you can do regex

    inside a sql statement transforming data on the fly

    using a regular expression



    That will be nice for our Oracle DBA's. Routine checking extents and adding LV datafiles to tablespaces is a pain. Of course the reason we are on 8 (testing 9) is because the software we use (Cerner Suite), takes forever for the vendors to certify it for enterprise use. Course I don't mind them taking their time as long as it works when we upgrade and all my programs still run.
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