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Oracle’s Linux: Unbreakable? Or Just A Necessary Adjustment?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2007

“As I talked to Wim Coekaerts, VP of Linux engineering at
Oracle, about ‘Unbreakable Linux,’ a gap emerged between what he
was saying and what Red Hat’s product management director, Joel
Berman, was saying. Riders of Linux’s impressive upsurge are
advised to ‘mind the gap’ and try not to fall into it.

“Oracle produces Unbreakable Linux, but it’s not in the business
of competing with Red Hat as a Linux distributor, says Coekaerts, a
kernel developer himself…”


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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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