My title is just a nasty parody. As of my readings, Oracle seems "dissatisfied" with it's previous partner RH and come out with their own distro instead.
I'm not sure how much this unbreakable Linux boxset's pricing, but having Oracle as the backup, serious users may have confidence with them. But to be safe and peace of mind, simply pay for not so cheap Red Hat. This ripped off and rebrand with their own distro is familiar, yes? :) On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan <[email protected]> wrote: > Nope. Red Hat is not evil. > > The real evil is Oracle, who takes Red Hat Enterprise Linux, cherry pick > which patch that Red Hat had provided in its SRPMS, and add new patch that > will make their database run fast. Rename that distro to Oracle Enterprise > Linux, and charge the customer very high for support service. > > So, their job just to determine which patch is suitable, and then charge for > profit. So easy. > > And why Red Hat should make it easy to them to cherry pick the patch? Red > Hat work so hard, but in the end their client moved to Oracle Enterprise > Linux. Give them a whole code dump, and let them figure it out by > themselves. > > Still GPL compliant, and CentOS won't care. They are just rebuilder. > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:12 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Fact: >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-turns-on-oracle-and-other-red-hat-linux-clone-makers/8485 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Join #ISOC [Internet Society] today and create connections with >> Internet Users around the world! >> >> Simplified Link: http://goo.gl/xmG90 >> _______________________________________________ >> general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general > > > > -- > Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan > > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general > > -- Join #ISOC [Internet Society] today and create connections with Internet Users around the world! Simplified Link: http://goo.gl/xmG90 _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general
