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So Oracle – Are you Supporting Linux or Unix?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 16, 2011

“Oracle is in an interesting position. It is now a supporter of
both Linux and Unix with their own Oracle Enterprise Linux and
Solaris Unix operating systems. This past week, Oracle released
Solaris 11 their first official Unix release and it made me wonder
if the new Solaris is changing Oracle’s position on Linux.

I asked Markus Flierl, vice president of software development at
Oracle that question and the answer I got, was not what I had
expected.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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