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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2005-08-26
What part of this is Ugly business practices?
Frankly, I'm surprised this didn't happen a year ago.
Look at it from executive perspective:
Gee, I could really use an OS to bundle with my product, ensuring solid support from the iron up. I can control the whole software stack, and make a killing!
Gee, this other company that a lot of my customers run my product on has to give away it's source code and they can't charge for anything but support and the media it's distributed on.
Gee, I could use their code that they have to release, pay a minimum for development costs now that the market is established and the high risk is gone, offer support for half the price they do, and get my entire high-margin, low maintenance software stack and charge more for full-stack support....
And it's all completely legal, and doesn't break any official agreements with have with this other ISV.... HRMmmmmmm....
DUH! NO F-ING BRAINER!
This is _not_ shady at all. This is _totally_ legit. I just find it funny how many GPL fan-boi idiots are just now getting upset that the thong panties they've been parading around in for years are just now starting to chafe their buttholes enough for them to realize it's not the 'social hack' they once thought it was. You all just got pwned!
Maybe I should short-sell other vulnerable public OSS companies....