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ZDNet Australia: Larry a Big Linux Fan, Says Oracle Exec

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“A senior Oracle executive has backed the reasoning behind the
software vendor’s mooted move into the operating system sphere and
illustrated the depth of chief executive Larry Ellison’s allegiance
to Linux.

“Ellison recently told the Financial Times the company was
‘missing an operating system’ and it would make sense to ‘look at
distributing and supporting Linux’ since ongoing maintenance and
services fees were becoming an increasingly important part of
Oracle’s revenue stream…”


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