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Dell and HP To Sell Oracle Operating Systems

Posted by Soulskill on from the cross-contamination dept.

angry tapir writes "Oracle has announced that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify and resell its Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems as well as Oracle VM on their x86 servers. The announcement 'demonstrates Oracle's commitment to openness,' company co-president Charles Phillips said in a statement."

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  1. Good by slaxative · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't see why they would not want to make their OS more readily available by allowing other hardware vendors to sell their OS. This makes good business sense.

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  2. "Demonstrates..." by John+Whitley · · Score: 4, Insightful

    demonstrates Oracle's commitment to openness...

    [Pause for evil laughter omitted]

    ...and will provide Dell and HP customers with new levels of support...

  3. Re:Hey, Dell by commodore64_love · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why?

    The Ubuntu laptop would end-up being more expensive (no subsidies from desktop adware or MSN). You're better off buying a cheaper, subsidized laptop with Windoze, and then wiping it with Ubuntu Linux.

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  4. Re:never get used to this by Third+Position · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't worry - I suspect you will not have to hear things like that for long. Give it five years, and those products will likely have died a slow, lingering death under the stewardship of Oracle.

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