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Oracle And Open Source

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 16, 2007

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“Today a scheduling miracle happened–for once I was in the same
town as the event I was invited to–and I got to hear Omar Tazi
speak to a local Oracle users group about open source. Omar gave an
excellent presentation, and clarified several points that often
confuse folks when they try to relate Oracle and open source.

“Unbreakable Linux Is NOT A Distribution

“I hear this all the time. People think that Oracle has created
their own distribution of Linux. Not true. Oracle Unbreakable Linux
is simply a support program that provides enterprises with
world-class, global support for Linux. In most cases, Oracle
customers are looking for a single scapegoat, and blaming Oracle
for Linux fits their ‘one throat to choke’ requirements…”


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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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