Linux to be top Oracle platform within a year (CBR) [LWN.net]

Linux to be top Oracle platform within a year (CBR)

Posted Apr 4, 2006 14:24 UTC (Tue) by jzbiciak (guest, #5246)
In reply to: Linux to be top Oracle platform within a year (CBR) by jzbiciak
Parent article: Linux to be top Oracle platform within a year (CBR)

And before people jump all over me, I realize what the numbers are.... "44% of respondants said they have at least one Linux Oracle box, 43% said they have at least one Solaris Oracle box, etc..."

But what if I have 1 Linux development server, 1 Solaris development staging server, and rack after rack of Solaris production servers?

These numbers aren't nearly as interesting as knowing the breakdown of total volume served by each platform, in which case the %ages *would* add up to 100 (plus or minus a tad, for rounding error). I was just pointing out that there's a bit of information lossage in how these %ages get reported.

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Linux to be top Oracle platform within a year (CBR)

Posted Apr 4, 2006 18:11 UTC (Tue) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link] (1 responses)

The IOUG will probably have found that a lot more savvy IT people will answer

"Which of the following operating systems does your organisation run Oracle on? Check off as many as you like"

than

"Tell us how many Oracle boxes you have, how many run each of the following operating systems, and an estimated volume of data served, also what color knickers are you are wearing?"

It's prudent not to give too much information away even to apparently friendly organisations like a user group.

Linux to be top Oracle platform within a year (CBR)

Posted Apr 4, 2006 18:56 UTC (Tue) by jzbiciak (guest, #5246) [Link]

Fair enough. I just find claims of "top platform" from anyone other than, say, Oracle (which knows just how many licenses are out there), or large consulting firms (who know in aggregate what their clients use because they've gotten their hands dirty with them) to be somewhat dubious.

While it's a great milestone that Linux tops the chart in this measurement, it's also worth keeping in mind just how much noise is in this data.