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Red Hat Dismissing Microsoft, Oracle

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the cool-under-fire dept.

Robert writes to tell us Red Hat's CEO Matthew Szulik is encouraging customers to take Microsoft up on their support voucher offer for Novell's rival Linux system in order to "get the issue over with." Dismissing the impact that the Microsoft-Novell deal has had on business, Szulik is just happy to see customers taking Microsoft's money. "Szulik also dismissed Oracle Corp's attempt to under-cut it on Linux support on similar grounds, insisting that customers were unlikely to be convinced by cost savings that are a small percentage of their overall software spend."

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

    Every time Col. Klink dismissed Hogan, the fun was just about to start.

  2. Brilliant! by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 4, Funny
    As we've seen in the past, completely ignoring your competition is the best way to deal with them.

    Red Hat's new mascot = the ostrich.

  3. Great title by fishthegeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only one that, upon reading the title, thought about how difficult a decision it must have been to fire both Microsoft and Oracle at the same time?

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  4. Read all about it... by Daishiman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Company dismisses competitors. News at 11.

  5. Calling Microsoft for Linux Support by oni · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just know how this is going to turn out:

    *ring* *ring*
    Customer: Hi, I'm having a problem getting apache to start automatically when my server boots.
    Tech Support: Oh, apache can't do that. You should switch to IIS. It will start automatically.