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Oracle's Infrastructure Now Fully Linux-ized

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the more-linux-than-considered-decent dept.

mbadolato writes "An article over at InformationWeek reports Oracle is aggressively adopting Linux both internally and for its products, despite SCO Group's threats earlier this week that it may sue those who don't pay licensing fees to the company. Chuck Rozwat, an Oracle executive VP, says the company has moved its IT infrastructure to Linux, a year after CEO Larry Ellis issued the mandate. In the coming year, Oracle will move its base development platform to Linux, including putting the open-source operating system on the workstations of 8,000 developers"

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  1. 3 Weeks ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Didn't you see all the stories about it? By dropping the "on", he saves nearly 20% on his first and last name. Originally, he was going to drop the "ry" on Larry, but "Lar" just sounded stupid.

  2. Re:Hey SCO! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe someone dared SCO to see how many 1000-pound gorillas it could poke before one reached out and crushed them.

  3. God I Love It by Col.+Panic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oracle drops support for Netware in favor of Linux.

    Novell buys Symian.

    Oracle adopts Linux internally.

    And the peasants danced.

  4. Re:Ellis? by The+Old+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny
    I don't know about why the n is missing, but SCO has the exclusive right to use the o in their name.

    --
    Proud patriot and republican voter.
  5. Larry Hates Bill by Crashmarik · · Score: 3, Funny

    This isnt so much about linux as its about Larry Ellison turning plaid whenever somebody mentions to him Bill G is much wealthier than he is.

  6. Obligatory Python paraphrasing ... by YetAnotherName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Simple: Larry Ellison is bucking for a role in the remake of the classic Python skit, Episode 41, Nigel Ellis.

    PA System: Would Mister Larry Ellis please go straight to the manager's office? I'll repeat that...
    (Larry wheels round and listens)
    PA System: Will Mister Larry Mellish please go straight to the manager's office?

  7. ad hoc calculator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    8000 developers * 700 dollars = 7 * 800000 = 5600000 dollars. Am i right? Subtract $8000 if you want, then the bill is $5592000.00.

    1. Re:ad hoc calculator by mcpkaaos · · Score: 2, Funny

      For those of you (like myself) who had a difficult time reading the currency values without the appropriate commas, I'd like to present my contribution to the parent post:

      , yada yada (some math) , ,, yada yada yada? yada , yada yada ,,.

      --
      It goes from God, to Jerry, to me.
  8. So with all the cost savings they're getting by Flower · · Score: 5, Funny
    by deploying linux, does it mean they'll pass that along to their customers?

    Sometimes I just crack myself up.

    --
    I don't want knowledge. I want certainty. - Law, David Bowie
  9. Re:Symian? by Col.+Panic · · Score: 3, Funny

    your first assumption was correct - i cnat speel

  10. A good first step by Norman+Lorrain · · Score: 2, Funny

    OSS marches on!!

    Next they should migrate to PostgreSQL for their databases.

    Oh. yeah.

  11. About Larry... by Nybble's+Byte · · Score: 2, Funny

    I never thought I'd have something to like about Larry Ellison. Maybe there's a ray of hope for him. On second thought, nah, forget I said that.

  12. Tux Crossing by hackrobat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Folks, check out these signs all over Oracle HQ if you happen to pass by that area. They seem to have been around for quite a while.