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Oracle's Take On Red Hat Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the more-of-a-flavor-than-a-distro dept.

darthcamaro writes "For nearly three years, Oracle has had its own version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, claiming the two versions are essentially the same thing. But are they really? As it turns out, there are a few things on which Oracle and Red Hat do not see eye-to-eye, including file systems and virtualization. The article quotes Wim Coekaerts, Oracle's director of Linux engineering, saying, 'A lot of people think Oracle is doing Enterprise Linux as just basically a rip off of Red Hat but that's not what this is about. ... This is about a support program, and wanting to offer quality Linux OS support to customers that need it. The Linux distribution part is there just to make sure people can get a freely available Linux operating system that is fully supported.'"

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  1. Re:cant we already get free and support with cento by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i've never bothered to look at oracle linux, because i can get 'free' redhat through centos, and when i want paid support, i can get it directly through redhat.

    without some other differentiation, what is oracle providing that isnt there from the others?

    so yes, it is just a rip off of red hat.

    Um, no you can't. Red Hat does not support CentOS.

    PS - it's 'Red Hat'.

  2. Total Flamebait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is great. When the only thing differentiating Redhat from Oracle is service, Redhat will win because they are the ones actually creating the product. If there is any single company that I'd like to see pushed into the ground by open source, it is Oracle. Whereas Microsoft is kind of a bumbling giant that can't quite get things right but gets by on chair throwing, Oracle is downright evil. They will actively destroy another company if it makes them a cent.

    On the other hand, Oracle is much less likely to go under because they produce other things of value that the open source community will have difficulty replacing (because we don't do much business software).
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  3. Re:Total Flamebait by jabithew · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Explain? I can't decide if your post is cryptically insightful or just content-free aside from a vague, zeitgeist-ish, anti-corporate rant.

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