[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“Oracle laid out its Linux road map in a session Wednesday at
OracleWorld, and the key destinations are Oracle, Red Hat or SuSE
Linux, all running on Intel servers. Even with a magnifying glass,
however, you won’t find homegrown versions of Linux on that
map.“Businesses should standardize on Oracle, Linux and Intel to
‘get ready for the grid,’ Oracle Linux Program Office vice
president Dave Dargo advised those attending the Linux road map
session. His message fit with the show’s emphasis on grid
computing, in which many low-cost servers and other components act
and are managed as one computer, and Oracle’s launch of Oracle
10g.“In his briefing, Dargo described the advantages of grid
computing, the adoption arc of Linux and Oracle’s plans for
developing Linux technologies. He also explained why Oracle won’t
be supporting many Linux distributions, particularly those
businesses have built themselves…”