Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Enterprise Unix Roundup: Oracle, Enterprise Linux Pioneer?
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> | Under no circumstances should it be thought that Oracle is doing
> | this out of any sense of altruism, and therein lies the rub.
> | Oracle wants to knock Red Hat off the top of the enterprise Linux
> | mountain -- no ifs, ands, or buts. And, if Mickos is correct, it will
> | want to do the same to MySQL. Even with selfish motivations, Oracle may
> | have stumbled on the formula that only FLOSS allows.
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> http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3657116
>
Thats just business. Promote your own, probably at the expense of another.
It isn't anything to do with selfishness really. Customers will take it up
if it is attractive or cost effective or for what ever criteria is right
for them.
Anyway, who is to say that Oracle wont do a better job than Redhat or MySQL
have done. Oracle have been a big name for a lot of years, they haven't
lasted this long at the top by producing wimpish applications or giving
poor cover. They are where they are because they gave customers what the
customers wanted. Ok, so they charged an arm and leg for it, but that
counts more in their favour, people were so wanting Oracle that they were
willing to pay a fortune when they were alternatives around.
Are we in Linux meant to support Redhat for no other reason than they have
been around a long time? I wouldn't have thought so, I would say we should
support the best of Linux and the best of Linux services, who ever is
offering them.
I have no idea if Oracle will be one of those, but lets give them a chance
to show their wares.
At the very least maybe Redhat will up their game because of this, put a bit
more effort into their products. Well lets face it, it is a long time since
Redhat lead the development of Linux itself. All the main advances are
happening on the Debian side. So if this kick up the arse gets Redhat
active again in the development side instead of concentrating on the sale
of behind the times versions of software, then Oracle must be a good thing.
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