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IBM to Oracle - You Can't Buy Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hee dept.

mrops writes "CNET has up a short article about IBM's reaction to Oracle's recent acquisitions. From the article: 'Handy was responding to comments made by Oracle CEO Ellison to the Financial Times, where he said that he wanted Oracle to control a 'full stack' of software, including the Linux operating system. If Oracle did try to buy a Linux distributor, such as Red Hat or Novell, Handy said 'we'd stick to our strategy of having two or more independent distributors and have to wait and see what happens.'" It should be pointed out, as noted in yesterday's Slashback, that Ellison has no intentions of purchasing Red Hat.

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  1. Return Serve by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oracle to IBM: No, but we can buy the people.

  2. Oblig. Ref by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    All your *installed* bases are belong to us!

  3. Oracle buys IBM by hackwrench · · Score: 2, Funny

    Problem solved. No I don't know the relative values of the companies.

  4. Re:Headline makes the wrong assumption by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Funny
    Oracle doesn't want to buy Open Source, they want to buy installed bases.

    All your installed bases are belong to us?

    Doesn't have the same ring to it; it'll never catch on. :-P
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  5. From the desk of Larry Ellison by PenguinBoyDave · · Score: 4, Funny

    From: Larry Ellison
    To: IBM

    SUBJ: Your note to us about Open Source

    Dear IBM,

    Piss off. I have two Mig jets and a really big-ass boat. I can buy anything I want.

    Oraclistically Yours,

    Larry

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