Re: Oracle chief architect says there ought to be one Linux distribution: Red Hat

On May 7, 8:33 pm, Mark D Powell <Mark.Pow..._at_eds.com> wrote:
> On May 7, 8:27 pm, Ramon F Herrera <ra..._at_conexus.net> wrote:
>
> > "One Oracle exec said there should be only one Linux distribution —
> > Red Hat — and claimed there will be no fragmentation of that code
> > base.
>
> > In an interview with the Linux Foundation recently, Oracle’s chief
> > corporate architect said Oracle Unbreakable Linux is not a product but
> > a support program and he believes that there ought to be only one
> > Linux distribution — his rival’s code base."
>
> > [...]
>
> >http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2393
>
> > -RFH
>
> Or maybe this is a way of saying Oracle bit-off (pun) more than it
> chew. One way to improve relations with Red Hat is to give them
> credit for the OS and to provide strong support for Oracle on Linux
> including the Linux pieces for a fee.
>
> IMHO -- Mark D Powell --

Oracle supports -as they should- exactly ONE distribution for every OS.

• One Macintosh distribution (if they ever supported the Mac)
• One IBM mainframe distribution (MVS)
• One Solaris
• One AIX
• One HP-UX
• One Windows

and, last but not least:

• One Linux distribution

Why should Linux be different?

-Ramon Received on Wed May 07 2008 - 19:36:27 CDT