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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: advice about Gentoo (Oracle, Java, VMWare...)
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:25:51
Message-Id: CAEH5T2PqLLZ0LrpgKgafnUyEfQVpRjd-VMSV4OouvObJPwD8Cg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: advice about Gentoo (Oracle, Java, VMWare...) by Alan McKinnon
1 On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:19:38 +0300
3 > Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina@×××××.org> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On 01/26/2012 03:33 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
6 >> >> Installing Oracle's Java is not so easy: http://goo.gl/tbBFW
7 >> > This isn't Java.
8 >>
9 >> Yes, sorry, this is not Java, it's Oracle DB, but I'll have to setup
10 >> an Oracle database too.
11 >>
12 >> Is it really that complicated for that particular software?
13 >>
14 >
15 > Dude,
16 >
17 > It's Oracle.
18 >
19 > Yes, everything they have works that complicatedly.
20 >
21 > If you think installing it is complex, wait till you actually try to
22 > *use* it.
23
24 I've never had the pleasure of using Oracle database, but everyone
25 I've ever talked to who has used it professionally tells me how bad it
26 is, how bad the tools are, how it's all overly complicated just for
27 the sake of being complicated so you're forced to hire Oracle support
28 to help.