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kwr2k wrote:
> Your comment somehow suggest that Oracle may be able to buy 'linux'
> (for instance) but anyone who has read the GPL or know about how linux
> is developed would probably find your statement funny.
Your comment indicates you didn't understand mine. No corporation or government would use Linux if it were not for companies such as RedHat and Novell standing behind them just as there is more FreeBSD named Apple Mac OSX than there is FreeBSD in corporate data centers. No one can buy Linux ... that is true. But no one will buy Linux for data center computing without a solid corporate support organization.
Who has the largest support org on the planet? Oracle!
-- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)Received on Thu Feb 23 2006 - 11:01:55 CST