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Red Hat CEO suggests Oracle is feeling the heat

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can-you-feel-the-heat dept.

Rob writes "The previously rosy relationship between Oracle Corp and Red Hat Inc appears to have soured following Red Hat's acquisition of JBoss Inc and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's suggestion that his company could move into the Linux business. Red Hat's chief executive, Matthew Szulik, has written in response to a recent interview with Ellison in which Ellison suggested the company would be interested in distributing and supporting Linux. "Is it possible that the dominant provider of databases feels pressure from its long-time partner, Red Hat, because of our recent purchase of an open source middleware company, JBoss?" Szulik asked, although he also played down suggestions of a "showdown" between the two companies."

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  1. Showdown? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Will Larry fucking kill him? Has he done it before, and will he do it again?

  2. Showdown? lol by Toby+The+Economist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oracle could swallow Redhat without even needing a context switch.

  3. Dear Larry Ellison by layer3switch · · Score: 1, Funny

    You know, JBoss is still an open source and free (LGPL'd) just like innoDB. So you could still use it in your Oracle product.

    Now, that's a consultant fee. Send me my check to my address.

    Yours truely screwed by Oracle consultants,

    --
    "Don't let fools fool you. They are the clever ones."
  4. Re:Nothing to worry about? by 2names · · Score: 2, Funny
    Eh Hem...

    It's Mimosa, and they are served with Brunch, you ghastly heathen. :)

    --
    "I'm just here to regulate funkiness."