Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 26th Oct 2006 00:20 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
"No one saw this coming. People talked about Oracle making its own Linux, or buying a Linux company (Ubuntu?). But, the news that Oracle is erasing Red Hat's trademarks from Unbreakable Linux and supporting it for less than Red Hat is a bolt from the blue. Or, perhaps, I should say that Oracle is firing a shot at the heart of Red Hat, and commercial Linux? This really, really ticks me off." Apparently, Oracle announced that they will provide full enterprise support for Linux and so it competes with RH.
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2005-06-29
No it's not. It's ugly business practices and reinventing the wheel at its worst.
I can guess at what'll happen:
1.) This is all media hype and Oracle isn't doing anything nearly this evil (the most likely).
2.) Oracle will make these grand claims about supporting old systems, and then not do it in 6 years when it's a real issue and RedHat has closed its doors in bankrupcy.
3.) RedHat customers will recognize an impossible idea when they hear it and ignore Oracle's offering until their marketing matches their product.
3a.) Oracle will then give up and claim Linux is dead, because they couldn't sell it.
3b.) Oracle will fire its marketing department and hire a much smaller one, one which is instructed to listen to the engineers and not the salesmen.