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

From: bugbear <bugbear_at_trim_papermule.co.uk_trim>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 09:33:00 +0100
Message-ID: <zdSdnegWX_ahkbnVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@posted.plusnet>


Ramon F Herrera 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.

Which is a perfectly sensible viewpoint from a *purely Oracle* perspective, but bloody nonsense from the viewpoint of various other vendors using Linux in PVR's, Mobile phones, PDAs, routers, sound studio software, all of which have different requirments.

    BugBear Received on Fri May 09 2008 - 03:33:00 CDT

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