Many things to think about.
1) Who in the big world will support and drive Linux business? Will IBM work more closely with Oracle because of legacy Oracle DB support?
2) In the client desktop world, we see that it is possbile to dual boot WinXP and Apple on the Intel platform, but which would be easiest - this or Apple/Unbuntu? I am thinking of the consumer market that will need to upgrade to better machines in the next five years (given that current PC hardware dropped off last year, denoting a beginning of market saturation.)
So if Oracle offers a "friendly" Linux client, the idea would be to sweep the Linux platform arena.
But still... who is going to cahnge their entire platform to something unteste and unproven? Unbreakable has been used before and is not a presence in the market. So is the real question how much FUD can Oracle spread about Red Hat until they become a juicy (and cheap) takeover?
Nothing "interestingness" here to see.
Oh...dear...God...no...
So by Monday, the Univ of Phoenix will have the PhD degree ready for me to print out?
HA, HA!
Go build your own Internet.
Many things to think about. 1) Who in the big world will support and drive Linux business? Will IBM work more closely with Oracle because of legacy Oracle DB support? 2) In the client desktop world, we see that it is possbile to dual boot WinXP and Apple on the Intel platform, but which would be easiest - this or Apple/Unbuntu? I am thinking of the consumer market that will need to upgrade to better machines in the next five years (given that current PC hardware dropped off last year, denoting a beginning of market saturation.) So if Oracle offers a "friendly" Linux client, the idea would be to sweep the Linux platform arena. But still... who is going to cahnge their entire platform to something unteste and unproven? Unbreakable has been used before and is not a presence in the market. So is the real question how much FUD can Oracle spread about Red Hat until they become a juicy (and cheap) takeover?
No. What is relevant is that that dude has to program his friends.