Comments on: IBM standing in the way of Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux adoption

By: Khawar Nehal

Khawar Nehal — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:07:17 +0000

IBM has thousands of softwares.

Which software did IBM not certify to work with Oracle ?

The article is ambiguous.

If the software worked before with oracle, then it would likely work in the future.

Couldn’t oracle just charge the customer and collaborate with IBM to support the combination. Whatever the software is ?

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:02:21 +0000

Well, at my work we were primarily a Solaris/SPARC shop (with a little bit of SUSE) but we recently chose Oracle Linux. Why Oracle over Red Hat?
1) RHEL works better with Oracle RDBMS (esp RAC) than SUSE
2) Oracle Linux is cheaper for us than RHEL
3) Oracle displayed better customer service/account management than Red Hat
4) Oracle for both DB/Apps & OS means one less vendor to deal with — which means one less opportunity to pass the buck — which made our senior management more comfortable

I am sure my work is not the only organization in this situation. I think Oracle Linux has a bright future.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:02:08 +0000

IBM isn’t standing in the way of Oracle’s “unbreakable” Linux. No one wants it.

What Oracle marketing idiot thought it was a good idea to call any software unbreakable. I hope the first time someone’s box crashes Oracle gets sued for violating the implied warranty and the customer’s reasonable expectation that the software is unbreakable.

Larry should stick to what he knows. He hasn’t even finished wrecking PeopleSoft yet.

By: DropsTech.org

DropsTech.org — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:46:26 +0000

IBM se recusa a dar suporte ao Linux da Oracle (Unbreakable)

A IBM garante que os seus produtos funcionarão com a versão Redhat Linux; embora, eles estejam sendo muito cautelosos na adoção de suporte ao Unbreakable Linux, distribuição Corporativa da Oracle, apesar de que a distribuição da Oracle ser…

By: OpenLinux

OpenLinux — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:14:10 +0000

ًwell, don’t expect much from Oracle or IBM. IBM knows very well that if Oracle starts to grow its OS market, then the first one will suffer is IBM. Currently, IBM takes advantage of Red Hat since it’s the biggest sponsor, thus they make sure that the RHEL future releases will be in their advantages.
Oracle on the other hand, got into this market for one reason, teach Red Hat to respect them :) Let’s watch the games, and I am sure the future will have more about this :)

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:56:28 +0000

oracle’s plan to undercut the actual provider of their linux software (redhat) is farcical.

The actual revenue generated by selling a linux distribution is insignificant compared to the price of Oracle software.

Oracle should stick with their core competency – this current strategy is just causing ill will.

By: #comments

#comments — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:03:06 +0000

Another Crack In Oracle’s Unbreakable Strategy

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