Red Hat, Pundits Respond to Oracle Move
Oct 26, 2006, 13:30 (9 Talkback[s])
LocalTechWire: The Linux War Is On: Red Hat's Answer To
Oracle's Assault Is 'We Will Compete'
"Here's the quote {Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik] gave The
Associated Press after Oracle unveiled its 'Unbreakable Linux
Network' plan that could break Raleigh’s
home-grown Linux open source software success story:
"'There are always concerns, but keep in mind that Oracle...
acknowledged that Red Hat is the technical leader in the market,'
Szulik told The Associated Press. 'We still have a rich product
pipeline. We will compete...'"
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Red Hat: Unfakeable Linux. Red Hat Responds.
"Q: Does Oracle's recent announcement change
Red Hat's partnership with Oracle?
"A: No. Red Hat has had a productive 7-year
relationship with Oracle. Red Hat will continue to work closely
with Oracle to optimize Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss
middleware subscriptions for Oracle products, and to support joint
customers..."
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InfoWorld: With Friends Like These... (Oracle Goes After Red
Hat)
"Now, Oracle will say that it's offering a level of support
unmatched by Red Hat, and it will also say that this program is not
designed to kill Red Hat. Maybe. I talked with some Oracle
employees, and they were convincing that some Oracle customers have
complained about Red Hat's service/support.
"But even if true (and I've heard as much grousing about
Oracle's support as I have Red Hat's, or anyone else's for that
matter--the fact is, no one likes support if they have to use it),
there were better ways to deliver superior support without
undermining one's partner..."
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Dargo: Bull*�%!
"Sometimes you just have to call bull*�% on something and
Oracle's announcement on Linux is as great a candidate as any I've
seen lately. Most of the pundits and analysts will focus on what
this means for Red Hat and their valuation. In fact, Red Hat's
stock price was off 15% in after-market trading after the
announcement...
"Larry's quote is the most interesting: 'We believe that better
support and lower support prices will speed the adoption of Linux,
and we are working closely with our partners to make that
happen...'"
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451 CAOS Theory: "Fundamentally, This is Free Software in a
Proprietary Wrapper"
"After the announcement, [Canonical CEO Mark] Shuttleworth told
us,
"'It's a very interesting move by Oracle, and sends exactly the
'services based' message I would expect them to want to send. On
the one hand this is a hell of a shot across Red
Hat’s bows, on the other, it further entrenches
Red Hat's position at the centre of the Linux-for-the-enterprise
game...'"
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There is No Open Source Community: Boo-hoo for Red Hat
(Not)
"They don't add up, and they're not going to. And the reason
they're not going to is that this move is Oracle's revenge, except
saying so publicly would make them an awfully petty company, now
wouldn't it? Which they are... after all, there are any number of
companies that have been burned by Red Hat's refusal to play nice
with their partners in the past, and those partners have chosen to
simply let sleeping dogs lie--well that, and they can continue to
make money with Red Hat. Oracle, on the other hand, has decided
that Red Hat is in the way. You can argue that this is more of an
emotionally satisfying decision for Larry Ellison than a
dispassionate one make on sound business principles.
"The truth of the matter is that this couldn't have happened to
a better bunch of a-holes than the folks in RTP, North Carolina.
For years, they have managed to burn their bridges with partners
with impunity..."
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