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[News] An 800-pound Gorilla to Distribute Ubuntu Linux?

Jefferies: Oracle Close to Entering Linux Market, Challenging Red Hat

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| In a research note, Jefferies analyst Katherine Egbert says that
| she has heard Oracle will probably be entering the Linux
| market "soon," with a "software stack" featuring Ubuntu Linux.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061016/18470_id.html?.v=1

IBM has abstained from becoming a direct distributer/developer
of Linux in order to preserve its public image. I suspect
it helped (financially) Novell's acquisition of SuSE. Other
potential developers: Google and Canonical. IBM is due
to support Red Flag Linux, IIRC. Could this be a rapid
industrialisation of Linux...? Might as well get the shirt:

http://www.instantattitudes.com/shirts/t021.html

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