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Former Windows shop recalls path to Oracle Unbreakable Linux

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Pat Quinn, the vice president of IT at lighting manufacturer Acuity Brands Inc., is quick to admit the irony. Nine years ago, he opted to go with an enterprise resource planning system from Oracle Corp. primarily because of Windows. "At that time, Oracle was one of the few vendors that could run on Windows, and we had a real Windows bias," Quinn said. Today, although Acuity Brands still considers itself a Windows shop -- many of the company's applications are developed in .NET and run on Windows -- its Oracle enterprise systems run on Linux.

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pat ·
Per the upgrade presentation I attended at work. I smiled.
herzeleid ·
I fondly remember July 14th 1998, I had driven up to Santa Clara for a Bastille day conference on the future of linux at the convention center. Unbeknown to most of us, there were representatives from oracle in the standing room only audience. They left that meeting with a message to HQ that resulted in oracle's announcement of Linux support shortly thereafter.

Now it's nearly 10 years later, and my ultra conservative employer is finally moving oracle off of hpux and onto linux.

We've come a long way baby!

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