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Ellison: Linux Will Soon Decimate MS Windows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-about-postgres-mr-ellison dept.

cioxx writes "Speaking to a few-hundred ISVs at an Oracle-sponsored event in New York, Larry Ellison made a bold prediction , also covered in Infoworld, stating: "(Microsoft has) already been killed by one open-source product. Slaughtered, wiped out, taken from market dominance to irrelevance [...]", referring to Apache's displacement of MS IIS server. He continues on with a claim that battle for datacenter dominance is looming with a clear advantage on the side of Open-Source platforms, and desktop would follow once Star Office becomes completely "usable" to compete with MS Office. "And it's going to happen to them again on Linux." Newsforge also has a related article on Oracles ongoing linux efforts.

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  1. I use a Hollerith by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Troll

    and so do all my friends

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  2. Re:What does decimate mean? by cgi-bin-laden · · Score: 0, Troll

    Another very annoying "Americanism" is winningest. I don't ven know where to begin with the problems this creates. It really is no wonder that children today cannot speak properly and have no desire to do so. Stupid Goddamn Americans!!!

  3. Re:My girlfriend uses OpenOffice... by Keebler71 · · Score: 0, Troll

    In other news: Iraqi forces are poised to decimate the US forces in Iraq.

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