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Ubuntu Receives IBM DB2 Certification
Khakionion writes "Ubuntu has announced their recent certification for IBM's DB2 Universal Database for Linux. Quite a big step for Ubuntu towards becoming one of the heavyweights of the Linux world." From the announcement: "With an respected product like DB2 on Ubuntu, our partners will relish the chance to discuss database and solution choices with their clients."
How important are these kinds of certifications really? I assume they are really just a fancy way of saying "we support our software on this platform and are prepared to sell support and consulting services for our system running on it". If $LARGE_CORP decides to run, say, db2 on a system that isn't certified, wouldn't IBM be happy to take their money for support and such anyway - probably with an added surcharge due to the lack of certification, but on the other hand with a rebate for being $LARGE_CORP rather than $SMALL_FRY?
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How many of us have family that dont play games but are computer illiterate? So many distros have managed to meet the criteria for a so-called perfect OS alternative. Ubuntu is it... or if you dont think its it, it will be. Near perfect project management and one of the best foundations to build on, Ubuntu isn't going anywhere. Good job IBM, here's a cookie. While I'm not staying away from gentoo or my flavor of slack(SLAMD64! w00t,) I will be putting more fear in the eyes of my WinONLY friends just because I know finally I can provide them with an alternative that can relate to them. While Novell and RedHat has done a great job, I think Ubuntu will be the open source monster that most of us have been waiting for. Who woulda thunk it! With a name like Ubuntu!
because distributions and vendors should be targeting the Linux Standards Base. IMO announcements like this are a step back for standards and remind me of the days we were hearing similar statements from RedHat.