On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:21:11 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ 7 ] on Saturday 24 June 2006 21:22 \__
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>> Rick wrote:
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>>> On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:03:20 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ellison Continues to Talk About Oracle Linux Move
>>>>
>>>> Oracle CEO Makes Commments About Linux During Conference Call
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Observing that Linux is free to anybody and that the current Linux
>>>> | distributions don't own their IP, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said that
>>>> | Oracle could just go and take Linux, and support it better than
>>>> | anyone else and become the "number one distributor."
>>>> |
>>>> | "And we may, in fact, do that in the future," he said Thursday
>>>> | during the company's blowout fiscal Q4 earning call with analysts.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://linux.sys-con.com/read/239996.htm
>>>
>>> He may talk about it, but he also talked about buying Apple. I highly
>>> doubt he is going to embrace something he cannot own and control.
>>
>> Why control other distros if you have your own distro?
>
> I'm inclined to agree here. Ellison could establish his own custom-made
> Linux distribution, which is optimised for the task at hand. With his
> budget, he could employ a large army of engineers. This could, in due
> time, and owing to the nature of the GPL, be also exploited by
> PostgreSQL and MySQL. They could benefit from Oracle's work. So,
> the competitive advantage is somewhat jeopardised.
>
.. in other words. .he couldn't control the software he was using to hurt
his competitors...
Of course, Ellison seems to view microsoft as THE competition.
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Rick
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