“In the previous post we saw that Oracle’s Linux initiative has
so far failed to make a serious dent in Red Hat’s business or even
in its stock price. Red Hat is actually worth slightly more today
than it was when Larry Ellison launched his apparently not-so-scary
RHEL clone the week before Halloween.“But it is a little early to conclude that we are living in the
best of all possible worlds for Red Hat. True, the company’s
financial results for the November quarter reassured
easily-stampeded Wall Street investors who panicked in the first
days after Oracle’s announcement…”