[nflug] Oracle may launch Linux version

[Darin Perusich]

oracle purchasing novell or any linux company would be bad for that 
company and the community that uses their products. oracle is just like 
for borg, it would be like the purchased comany never existed before.

we use oracles calendaring software which used to steltor calendar. the 
support and service we use to recieve went right into the toilet almost 
as soon as oracle purchased them company. then oracle was like you need 
to purchase oracle collaboration suite if you want to use the calendar, 
which was a total lie.

oracle does some good OSS work, like oracle cluster filesystem 2 (OCFS2) 
but it's all to meet their needs. in the end all oracle cares about is 
selling oracle databases.

Jonathan Skulski wrote:
> I'm suprised to hear that Novell is SuSE. I forgot about that.
> 
> I just was assuming that Oracle would put out some intensely tuned
> distro for databases. I wonder if they really are planning on doing
> anything with desktop? Is this a lateral move?
> 
> Either way, they'll probably forget to include startup scripts and
> you'd have to write those yourself. And pay 5,000 dollars for the
> privalage. Per CPU.
> 
> jsk
> 

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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corporation
395 Youngs Rd.
Williamsville, NY 14221
darinper at cognigencorp.com
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