Linux-Watch: Unlovable Linux? | Linux Today

Linux-Watch: Unlovable Linux?

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Feb 6, 2007

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“At the time, most of us thought Oracle undercutting Red Hat’s
Linux business with its Unbreakable Linux was a big deal. Would
customers flock to Oracle’s cut-rate version of RHEL (Red Hat
Enterprise Linux)? Would Red Hat be pounded by Larry Ellison’s
minions?

“After a few months, the answers appear to be: No, it wasn’t a
big deal; and no; and no…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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