RE: Spinoff: Using Linux for work? was RE: Why Tech-Writers ShouldKnow About Open Source Technologies

[jguptactoc -at- yahoo -dot- com]

Hello.

Linux is an opensource operating system. Software companies, such as
Oracle, write software that can run on Linux, but that software is not
usually free. For instance, Oracle may have originally made its databases
for use on UNIX, not LINUX. To get its software to run on LINUX, Oracle
will "port" the computer code that makes up its software from UNIX to
LINUX. The "porting" process is almost always costly and time consuming.
Not only does the company have to "port" the code, it also has to add
LINUX to its software testing procedures. Oracle has to test its software
on all the versions of all the operating systems it chooses to support.

HTH,
Jyoti Gupta
Looking for a Tech-Writing internship

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