Oracle Linux?

eldavojohn writes "There have been rumors floating around of Oracle working on their own distribution of Linux. If this is true, it is widely believed that this enterprise edition of Linux would be in direct competition with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. What is spurring the rumors? Well, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said, 'I'd like to have a complete stack. We're missing an operating system. You could argue that it makes a lot of sense for us to look at distributing and supporting Linux.' I know that Oracle has been doing a lot more than databases recently, will they go the extra mile and create their own stripped down Linux kernel? If they do, will companies switch to database solutions that are running Oracle only software for the benefits of support and (hopefully) stability?"

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Never. I do not like Oracle. I don't like their DB products and I don't like their business practice(s). Like telling the state of California they needed more Oracle licenses than the state had employees that had computer access for example. I will not use, nor support Oracle....

So, with that in mind...I won't be one of their Linux customers either.