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Oracle Switching To Linux

Posted by timothy on from the there's-floor-room-at-lwce-for-larry dept.

Bill Kendrick writes: "This Computerworld story quotes Oracle CEO Larry Ellison as saying 'We'll be on Linux no later than the summer, so we'll be running our whole business on Linux." When asked what this means for Unix vendors like Sun... "It will be several years before the big machine dies, but inevitably the big machine will die.' Ouch!"

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  1. Just more of... by witz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...Ellison talking out of his ass. He consistently makes statements that he can't back up (and most of them directed at Microsoft). I'll believe it when I see it.

  2. Java IS dead? by BRO_HAM · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This adds a whole new concept to the "Java is Dead" school of thought. These are some crazy times we're living in.

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  3. Re:Hmmm by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Even an old RISC box can outrun a shiny new multi-processor PC. Even replacing an "old unix server" with PCs is potentially very irresponsible.

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