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Oracle Linux fails to match up to Red Hat Linux
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| It will be difficult for Oracle to compete against Red Hat as it contributes
| only 3.3 percent as compared to 12.3 percent of Red Hat to the Linux kernel.
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http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Oracle_Linux_fails_to_match_up_to_Red_Hat_Linux_-nid-60701.html
Rumors About Red Hat: A Reheat, Or Something More?
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| The rumors, of course, are nothing new. We have been speculating about a
| possible pairing between Red Hat and IBM or Oracle for almost three years.
| (When Oracle launched its own support of Linux back in 2006, we wondered if
| it wasnât a âbeat âem down and take âem outâ strategy from the coldhearted
| Larry Ellison.) And when the rumblings surfaced again earlier this year, we
| did some
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/158495-rumors-about-red-hat-a-reheat-or-something-more
Recent:
Oracle's Sun acquisition passes US anti-trust test
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| The $5.6bn takeover of Sun Microsystems by Oracle moved another step toward
| closing as the US Department of Justice has given the acquisition its nod.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/20/doj_approves_oracle_sun/
Remember when Oracle was the good guy?
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| Oracle (and IBM) opened up the market with SQL-based relational databases,
| thereby allowing independence between data and their associated applications.
| Oracle's message was "freedom of customers from mainframe lock-in." Starting
| with the VAX, Oracle gave customers freedom to negotiate between different
| mini-computer hardware suppliers.
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| Oracle was, in other words, the open-source vendor of its day, delivering
| customer choice.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10309923-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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