Star Oracle Considering Offering Its Own Linux Distribution
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 17th Apr 2006 18:36 UTC, submitted by Flatline
Linux "US software maker Oracle is considering launching a version of the Linux operating system and has looked at buying one of the two firms dominating the technology, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday. As part of a recent study of the open-source software market, Ellison told the newspaper, Oracle had considered buying Novell, which after Red Hat is the biggest distributor of Linux."
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RE: Don't see that happening
by rm6990 on Mon 17th Apr 2006 20:00 UTC in reply to "Don't see that happening"
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Oracle currently has about $7 billion cash on hand. Novell's market cap is $3 billion. A hostile takeover and Novell is a subsidiary of Oracle.

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