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To: P.M.Freedman who wrote (12620)12/14/1998 8:45:00 AM
From: Mike Milde  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 64865
 
The big difference here is that the network computer was an end user device. This is not. Since most Oracle databases run on hardware that is dedicated for that use, then it would make sense to remove most of the OS features and put a thinner layer between the database software and the hardware.

Mike