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Oracle: Eating its Own Open Source Food

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Sean Michael Kerner
May 7, 2008

“Where in the world’s largest database vendor does open source
fit? At the very heart, according to Wim Coekaerts, Director of
Linux Engineering at database giant Oracle.

“Coekaerts leads Oracle’s Linux and open source support, which
includes OracleVM, the open source Xen-based virtualization
hypervisor effort.

“In an exhaustive interview with InternetNews.com Coekaerts
outlined where Oracle is going with its unbreakable Linux
distribution, Linux kernel development and virtualization…”

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