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?"

Comments

hrmpf...

[Savage-Rabbit]

Maybe Larry will have them label it Pagoda Linux or Samurai Linux, in honour of his fascination with things japanese

Since we are in Japanese mode, how about Baka Linux?

10 flame warrior experience points and a puff of karma to the first one who figures out why I should be modded down for that suggestion.

Better late than never...

[bogaboga]

With this news, I better get rid of my Redhat stock. This news cannot be good news for ReaHat or any other Linux vendor. I hope I am not too late.

Oracle Oxymoron...

[__aaclcg7560]

Linux is free but you pay a premium for the Oracle brand name.

Re:quality commercial software ..

[qwijibo]

Everyone is pretty familiar with the "quality" they get from commercial software. How bad can the amateur software be? After all, most of the customers were made by amateurs in someone's bedroom.

Do you know what Oracle stands for?

[MrJerryNormandinSir]

One
Raging
Asshole
Called
Larry
Ellison

Reboot process

[Genady]

sqlplus sysdba@myserver/tiger

update SYSV_INIT.INITLEVEL='6';
commit;

(or something like that. I'm a SysAdmin damnit, not a DBA)

Re:Naming?

[Anonymous Coward]

Bukkakix: Share It With a Circle of Jerks