Nice <a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/1665/1/">write-up</a> at LinuxPlanet.com on how Linux beat out Solaris and NT in a real-world cook-off: <i>"Quite honestly, Oracle didn't run as well on Solaris as on Linux."</i> That statement is a shocker to me, considering I work at one of the largest online stock brokerages and they rely upon Oracle on the top-of-the-line Sun Solaris multiprocessor boxes. The final Linux configuration? VA Linux Box + RedHat Linux + Oracle + Rainbow Technologies CryptoSwift EN 1000 + Network Appliance NFS servers. A very interesting architecture indeed! This is excellent evidence that Linux is ready for prime-time. The only real disadvantage for Linux, in my opinion, is good middleware, meaning Tuxedo servers from BEA Systems (Tuxedo is arguably the dominant middleware platform) or something comparable. This is the largest deployment of Oracle on Linux yet and the story may convince some to take a fresh look at Linux.