[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“Oracle Corp. has entered into an agreement to provide level 1,
2 and 3 technical support for enterprise customers using
UnitedLinux’s distribution of Linux. In addition to supporting its
own products on the UnitedLinux distribution, it will also support
the operating system.“The deal includes the creation of a support team that will
service the entire Oracle product line running on a United Linux
operating system. The service will be available for customers who
have signed an Oracle support contract for Oracle software and are
running an OS from one of the UnitedLinux vendors. Also, Oracle and
UnitedLinux will work together to integrate patches in future
maintenance releases of UnitedLinux.“‘There will be no additional charges or obligations for
customers,’ said Dave Dargo, vice president, Linux Program Office,
Oracle Corp. ‘Enterprises will only need to be running Oracle
certified products on an Oracle-certified UnitedLinux
distribution…'”