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Old 10-22-2012
Has Oracle killed HP-UX

Has Oracle killed HP-UX with their gambit of telling the public they would no longer support Itanium? The company I work for in the Dallas, TX area has had several openings for HP-UX administrators and we're having such a tough time finding qualified people to fill them. I have been searching job boards myself looking for a change and I cannot find any jobs for HP-UX administrators.

If we can't find qualified people then you would think other companies would have it hard too and there should be multiple openings for HP-UX. But there are none. Is this a result of companies switching off of HP-UX? Has your company bailed on HP-UX since Oracle's announcement? I would ask our HP sales rep but I figure either he would lie to us or, more likely, he would be lied to himself.
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Old 10-22-2012
I think, Oracle is pretty good at killing Solaris too. The company I work for is moving away from Solaris to RedHat, for example. License costs are beyond comprehension, especially in a virtualized environment.

It seems, all that is of interest to Oracle is Exadata, Exadata and ... Exadata.
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Old 10-22-2012
Oracle is heavily into pushing the idea of a "database appliance" - like the Exadata.
That may be the motivation behind it.

Oracle claims that itanium development at Intel will end soon:

Oracle declares Intel's Itanium dead | Deep Tech - CNET News

Oracle kinda shot Solaris in the head, IMO. They pulled out of Indiana. I think people pulled out of Solaris for that reason. In any case, Oracle is losing ground seriously:

Linux servers keep growing, Windows & Unix keep shrinking | ZDNet
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Old 10-22-2012
I don't understand the Exadata thing. Someone in another company told me they bought into the whole Exadata thing. The DBAs convinced them that they didn't need a "middle-man" Sys Admin or Unix OS. They could manage the whole thing themselves. Then the machines started coming in and the DBAs all looked at each other wondering, "what do we do now?" The whole thing is a mess and so far the company has yet to see the fruits of their investment. It seems that the Enterprise server market is currently saturated so the only thing any of the big players can do is push out a new hardware/technology standard and hope the whole world re-buys all of their software and hardware such as blades or Exadata.

Oracle may be killing Solaris but I still see plenty of jobs out there for Solaris. Linux jobs definitely seem to be king but it also seems like companies that opt for Linux are generally opting for a cheaper overall solution, this includes the level of support they're willing to pay for. They generally want someone that can manage a Linux platform, manage the web server, manage the database and architect the whole thing. And they're only willing to pay half of what a solid and dedicated HP-UX, AIX, or Solaris admin would make. The job market is getting ridiculous.
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