[os-infrastructure] The infrastructure

[Daryl Monge]

There is significant traction for Linux in the US Premium SItes; most  
uses simply have not made their way to Ingres yet.  One is making a  
major conversion of the entire Ingres system.  However, your statement  
is still generally correct.  Few are currently making the big move off  
the "enterprise" class servers like Solaris.

On Jun 13, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Alex Hanshaw wrote:

> I do not agree with your comments about platforms. In SE we have  
> only seen movement from platforms like Tru64. Unless pushed (as in  
> the Tru64 case) most of our enterprise customers are not moving off  
> of Solaris, HP, AIX, VMS and the like. Linux, Windows and even the  
> Mac are important to the community. That does not mean that the  
> other platforms are a dying bread in enterprise class installations.  
> I'll agree that Linux, Windows and the Mac dominate community work.  
> That does not mean they dominate the industry or specifically the  
> installations where we make money. I don't think the Ingres Open  
> Source plan is to stop making money, so I for one will not be  
> putting the Mac above Solaris on my list of priorities.
>
> Alex
>

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