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[News] Oracle Tells Its GNU/Linux Success Story

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The Real Story on Oracle Unbreakable Linux

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| · 79% of databases that run on Linux, run Oracle
| · Over 30% of Oracle Applications are deployed on the Linux platform
| · Over 50% of recent Oracle Fusion Middleware deployments are on the Linux 
|   platform 
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http://blogs.oracle.com/wim/2009/03/the_real_story_on_oracle_unbre.html

...Claims Oracle. How does one count MySQL installations and deployments?

Either way, 80% or more of Oracle's databases run on GNU/Linux (2006 figures).


Recent:

Oracle, Red Hat spar over Linux

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| Red Hat financial statements do not indicate that the company has suffered
| from Oracle's strategy. Net income for the fiscal year that ended February 29
| was $76.7 million, compared with $59.9 million in the previous year. Revenues
| were $523 million in the year that ended this February compared to $400.6
| million in the prior fiscal year.
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http://www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/09/24/oracle-red-hat-spar-over-linux


Red Hat Q2 earnings beat Street

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| Net income for the second quarter rose to $22 million, or 10 cents a share,
| from $19.1 million, or 9 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Excluding
| special items, earnings were 20 cents a share.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSBNG22117620080924
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