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LinuxPlanet: CentOS: Oracle Linux Doesn’t Measure Up

“Oracle’s plans for its own Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
product, announced last week, follow on the heels of Red Hat
derivatives put together by dozens of open source projects,
including CentOS, Pie Box, and Startcom Linux. But this week,
members of the influential CentOS community voiced strong pessimism
over Oracle Linux.

“In Q&As with LinuxPlanet, CentOS developers said they think
Oracle’s inspiration springs from the accomplishments of open
source communities. Yet the CentOS community members also took
Oracle to task about issues ranging from pricing policies and bug
fixes to Oracle’s failure to recognize the contributions of
volunteers.

“‘Oracle [has] seen what has been achieved by projects such as
CentOS, and [has] effectively copied the idea, as they are entitled
to under the GPL,’ said Lance Davis, one of CentOS’s volunteer
developers…”

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