Larry Ellison: Oracle replaced Red Hat support at Yahoo
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| Notably, Ellison said Oracle replaced Red Hat for Linux support at
| Yahoo. Oracle's Linux support, which is aimed at undercutting Red Hat,
| is off to a solid start with Dell and others reselling service. Ellison
| also noted that Oracle has sold some large enterprise contracts.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4688
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Red Hat, Oracle: Cross Currents in the Linux Market
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| Barnicle's findings contrast with chatter that Oracle's Linux effort
| had fallen flat. Barnicle notes that his survey can't be taken as
| gospel, but it is worth noting.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070319/29875_id.html?.v=1
Red Hat: Customers Not Using Oracle as Bargaining Chip
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| According to Rangan, Szulik said Red Hat is seeing "limited impact"
| from the new Linux offerings from Oracle and Microsoft/Novell.
| "Customers are not using ORCL's offering as a bargaining tool, as
| feared by the Street," Rangan writes, apparently paraphrasing Szulik.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070215/27140_id.html?.v=1
Oracle drives rise of open source embedded database
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| Oracle acquired Berkeley DB's originator, Sleepycat, in February
| 2006, provoking speculation that it was moving to close down
| some of the open source competition that was eating at its market
| share. Instead, Oracle has provided a commercially licensed version
| alongside the open source project.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/15/222420/oracle-drives-rise-of-open-source-embedded-database.htm
http://tinyurl.com/2a35nd
Oracle deteriorating: Sony Pictures CIO
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| Sony Pictures chief information officer David Cortese has slammed
| Oracle's acquisition strategy claiming customer service levels
| have dropped and its products have become "stale".
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Oracle_deteriorating_Sony_Pictures_CIO/0,130061733,339274254,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/yo2rq8
Red Hat insists rivals not gaining
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| Red Hat's latest revenue figures revealed a 45 percent
| increase to US$105 million, of which 84 percent were
| from recurring subscription contracts.
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http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/173205.html
Red Hat: RHEL 5 Just the Beginning
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| Though Red Hat has just released a massive upgrade to its
| Enterprise Linux, there are plenty of more announcements
| in the works including greater interoperability and a
| possible appliance model.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3665971
Red Hat Opens Offices in Mexico
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| Red Hat Inc., a provider of the open source Linux operating system
| and services, said Monday it opened offices in Mexico as it
| expands Latin American operations that already include Brazil
| and Argentina.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070305/red_hat_mexico.html?.v=1
Tech stocks open higher; Red Hat boosted by Wall St. upgrade
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| Software maker Red Hat Inc. rose 2% Tuesday, boosted by an analyst
| upgrade, as the broader technology sector advanced in early trading.
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http://www.marketawatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b4A34ED56-1F6C-480A-BAC5-791E078D7E46%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
Analyst: March update should help Red Hat
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| Stimson considers the competition from Oracle and Microsoft/Novell
| "a nonevent so far" as he's seen little evidence that Oracle is
| winning support business away from Red Hat.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070206/tc_infoworld/85778
The bottom line on Novell-Microsoft may be RedHat stock surge
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| * Oracle -- Down 3.56%
| * Microsoft -- Up 2.7%.
| * Novell -- Up 8.13%
| * RedHat -- Up 36.82%
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=930
Red Hat profit tops Wall Street view, shares soar
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| "Open-source is not going away and Red Hat is the leader," Chowdhry
| said in a telephone interview. "Oracle is a nonevent when
| it comes to open source."
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061221:MTFH61389_2006-12-21_23-31-42_N21218848&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/y57
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