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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. 8000 developers? by YetAnotherName · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and they still can't make an sqlplus client that supports readline.

    Yes, I'm trolling. You would too, if you had to deal with Oracle on a daily basis---contractual obligations, you see. (Where's my MySQL when you need it?)

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Re:SCO is no real threat by mec · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Monday: Red Hat sues SCO.
    Thursday: IBM sues SCO.
    Friday: Oracle announces commitment to Linux.

    This is a good way to do PR: a rolling wave from different sources.

    Objectively, it's the same total amount of commitment to Linux whether everybody does it in one day or they do it three weeks apart. But this timing feeds the news cycle better.

    I'm hoping that Google will issue a press release soon. And then a behemoth retailer, like Home Depot. And then a brokerage firm, like Merrill Lynch.