SeekingAlpha: Customer Backlash Against Oracle's Buggy Linux Product? | Linux Today

SeekingAlpha: Customer Backlash Against Oracle’s Buggy Linux Product?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 23, 2006

“An entertaining and telling exchange between an analyst and Red
Hat execs on last night’s Red Hat F3Q07 earnings call:

Mark Murphy – First Albany

“Matthew… our own survey of Red Hat customers showed that
Oracle’s Linux is essentially irrelevant to your customers in a lot
of ways and we have also spoken to Oracle’s own resellers, and they
have actually been unable to figure out where to order the product
from…”

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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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