"Yesterday Oracle announced the release of their own version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, simply called Enterprise Linux or 'Unbreakable Linux'. In a remarkably similar move to such projects as CentOS, Oracle have decided to remove all Red Hat specific trademarks and brand it as their own (all quite legit, of course). They will be supplying bugfixes for this new version, and will also be synchronising it with future releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We decided to take a peek at what Oracle had come up with. Read on for a first-look, and the Linux Format team's opinions." In the meantime, Mark Shuttleworth said a partnership with Oracle is no longer a matter of if,
but when.
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2005-07-06
Redhat or Oracles Profit motive is irrelevant to the purchaser. Purchasers have different criteria for purchase decisions. Which is one reason why companies that are focused on the customers spend a lot of money with no directly measurable return on things that generate goodwill.
I would favour Redhat over Oracle as a Linux support vendor because I perceive their commitment to Linux and expertise to be better than Oracle.