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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 27 June 2006 11:32 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> __/ [ samir.ribic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Saturday 24 June 2006 20:23 \__
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz je napisao:
>>>>> Ellison Continues to Talk About Oracle Linux Move
>>>>>
>>>>> Oracle CEO Makes Commments About Linux During Conference Call
>>>>
>>>> I always wondered, why Oracle did not do it 8 years ago. Oracle DBMS
>>>> supplied some kernel patches, and installing of Oracle for Linux was
>>>> not easy job. So, now they can pack Oracle server to be installed
>>>> together with operating system.
>>>>>
>>>> <snip />
>>>
>>> True, but they already do this. And it is probably well overdue.
>>>
>>> Oracle Eases Linux Path
>>>
>>> http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=7680
>>>
>>> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060612/sfm046.html?.v=52
>>>
>>> Oracle wanted to buy JBoss before Red Hat snatched them. I believe that
>>> Oracle *still* wants to buy Red Hat. But, hey, what's the difference
>>> between Larry Ellison and God?
>>>
>>> God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison.
>>
>> This marketplace is positively ripe for consolidation, I think.
>> My concern would be that companies like Oracle, which do not have the Open
>> ethos as their main driver, nor a culture of working in open development,
>> may have a stifling effect on the companies they purchase. For example,
>> if Oracle bought Red Hat, would RH continue to support multiple databases?
>> Would JBoss continue to play will with mysql and postgrsql?
>
> I believe that this intent to buy a Linux company is to indeed a case of
> sabotage. Red Hat is responsible for many of the servers out there and
> without up-to-date support or affinity for OS databases, Oracle would reign
> and get its investment back. It is no coincidence that Oracle also tried to
> but (=eliminate) some of its most formidable rivals. What happened to
> PeopleSoft, one might wonder... *wink*
The singular advantage of the GPL is that it inherently prevents the
door being shut completely on eg., postgresql or mysql or even Red Hat
(see the CentOS stuff, say), but I do wonder if some of the later open
source start-ups haven't got "get bought by large vendor like oracle or
sun or ibm" somewhere in their corporate strategy.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
>
> PS - Mark, pardom my typos. I write all of these follow-ups very quickly.
> It's about pace rather than precision...
>
No probs. My typing is none too bad, but I still get typists dyslexia.
When I'm working from the tablet, it's much worse :-)
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