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CNET News: Ubuntu Chief: Oracle Linux has ‘Tactical Value’

By Stephen Shankland

“Oracle has the ability to support Linux, and doing so could
have ‘tactical value’ for the database company, the founder of
Ubuntu Linux–and a potential Oracle partner–said Friday.

“‘I don’t think Oracle is going to make large amounts of money
selling support for Linux. I don’t think it will ever be a
high-margin, high-profit, exciting growth business for them. It’s
becoming more and more of a commodity,’ Mark Shuttleworth, founder
and chief executive of Ubuntu developer Canonical, told CNET
News.com on Friday…”


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