They've talked for a while about a transactional filesystem replacement for NTFS, this keeps going back. Prior to that of course there was the object oriented filesystem they threw a hell of a lot of R&D at in the late nineties, that didn't see the light of day either. Oh and exchange server was going to get a sqlserver engine at one point as well. I don't believe any of these have seen the light of day. cheers On 4/17/06, Goulet, Dick <DGoulet@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Now I'll admit that it is a touch off the Oracle topic, but didn't good > old Microsoft say something about integrating Sql*Server & Windows into what > we now call Windows 2003 Server? Guess that died on the vine as well. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Closson > *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2006 4:10 PM > *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > *Subject:* RE: Oracle ventures into the O/S market.....? > > > > This list does not make Oracle an OS. Try implementing any of that > stuff without an OS underneath and the point will be crystal clear.. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Matthew Zito > *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2006 12:19 PM > *To:* ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: Oracle ventures into the O/S market.....? > > > > I have a talk I give at OUGs around the country about database automation > that makes a few general points on this subject: > > - Oracle's database is getting closer to an OS all the time. We can look > at some of the features that Oracle has internally like: > --- Cluster framework (CRS) > --- IP and network management (VIPs - yes, part of the CRS, I know) > --- Built-in memory management (automatic SGA, etc. tuning) > --- Built-in storage/volume management (ASM) > --- Filesystem structures (tablespaces, OCFS, etc.) > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info