The Oracle Unbreakable Linux Incompatibility | Linux Today

The Oracle Unbreakable Linux Incompatibility

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2007

[ Thanks to Dag Wieers
for this link. ]

“It was exciting when a year ago at LinuxWorld Expo London we
heard a rumour that Oracle was going to support Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. It was surprising to find out that this rumour was not
entirely as well-intended and supportive as it sounded.

“Instead of helping the community, Oracle was directly attacking
Red Hat with its own product as if it was showing the world that
Open Source has no value and that even Oracle could run away with
Red Hat’s crown jewels and customers. A hostile take-over attempt
of Red Hat by Oracle…”


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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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