Oracle Linux Adopters Suffer Backlash

atbarboz writes "One of the first converts to Oracle's support for Linux said it has endured a public backlash since its decision to drop Red Hat. 'Melbourne company Opes Prime Stockbroking told ZDNet Australia that in the weeks following its announcement to adopt Oracle Linux, upset Linux enthusiasts phoned, e-mailed and wrote about the company online to complain at the decision. "People called us out of the blue to tell us we were idiots," said Opes executive director Anthony Blumberg.'"

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I can't blame them one bit

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As a Red Hat subscriber, I can tell you that their support is complete crap. I'm required to have Red Hat so customers/partners can't say that their apps don't work because I'm not on the same platform, but I'd never have it otherwise.

Their support people aren't helpful. In the time that it takes for them to help me with something, I can look it up online(not on the Red Hat site) and figure it out. Anybody who's not a Linux expert knows that figuring out how to do random things in Linux on your own can be quite a painful process, so I think that conveys my message quite well. In addition, their hardware support is terrible.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is by far the worst Linux I've used and I don't blame anybody for going with something other than Red Hat.