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Oracle to Announce Own Linux Distro - Based on Red Hat

Rumors go that Oracle plans to announce the release of its own Linux version tomorrow - based on Red Hat's distro.

This is unfriendly to Red Hat yet quite a smart move.  While a newcomer would find it difficult to establish a trusted brand competing with Red Hat's distro, Oracle certainly has a brand at least at par with Red Hat -- and in addition it has a lot more channel and bundling power than Red Hat.

If true, let's see how the community and Red Hat will deal with this attempt to free ride.
Published Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:35 PM by Christof


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