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Oracle Announcement coming soon?
Posted by
sengan
on Mon Nov 09, 1998 10:41 AM
from the it-would-make-sense dept.
from the it-would-make-sense dept.
Oracle is to release
Oracle 8i
with the new iFS filesystem tomorrow. As this
article argues, iFS will lead to a commoditization of
the operating system (in particular NT): iFS goes beyond
traditional filesystems by adding database capabilities,
enabling better search and revision control management.
However, these iFS' can be mounted like a traditional NFS
server, reducing complexity for IT staff, while keeping the
improvements transparent to users who don't want to know.
Interestingly, the low cost of Linux would be an advantage
to Oracle which is not interested in promoting OS capabilities.
This leads the author to speculation of further Oracle-Linux
announcements. Link found on
Linux Today.
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