Oracle over to the Unixes ?

I gather that Oracle is stopping its Windoze stay and crossing over to
the Unixes .
IS this true ?
Where does Oracle work better :
on the Unixes
or on M$ Windoze ?
Regards,
Shyam

Hi,
Can you write the issue and process indetail.
Regards,
Kumar

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Subject: Dear Oracle: PLEASE improve the SEARCH on these forums!!!
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