Oracle Joins IBM AIX Collaboration Center

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday December 25, 2005 @04:32AM from the on-the-way-to-one-big-corporation dept.

pgsqlDao writes "CRN is reporting that Oracle is joining IBM's AIX Collaboration Center. 'IBM announced the center Dec. 16 as a $200 million investment where it will centralize AIX development, customer relations and advanced features for independent software vendors. While the figure represents existing salaries and equipment drawn together under one roof, it also represents some shift in emphasis by IBM from Linux back to its mature Unix operating system.' In November Oracle announced that it has chosen Solaris 10 as it's preferred development and deployment platform for X64 computing."

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Not necessarily a shift by gee_unix · 2005-12-25 04:35 · Score: 4, Insightful

it also represents some shift in emphasis by IBM from Linux back to its mature Unix operating system

This isn't necessarily a shift. Linux is perfect for many, many applications but there are a lot of applications and installations out there that are still relying on AIX. Even Linux users should be heartened to hear that IBM won't abandon their customers lightly.

Look how long they supported OS/2!

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