Re: Oracle version of Linux

Catching up on old Oracle-L:

I guess he's not much of a seer, eh?

On 9/26/06, Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com> wrote:
>
> This blogger (
> http://jboss.org/jbossBlog/blog/mfleury/?permalink=Wall_Street_Oracle_and_Game_Theory.txt )
> thinks that it's unlikely. His point of view:
>
> "Does ANYONE REALLY WANT ANOTHER LINUX DISTRIBUTION IN THE ENTERPRISE
> MARKET? Please raise your hands. It turns out in a recent study, that 2% of
> ORCL's installed base would want ORCL/LINUX from ORCL… Interesting, no? If
> Oracle's existing customers don't really need a Linux distro from them can
> you imagine what that picture looks like for those that are not already in
> the Oracle customer fold? It is not clear that ANYONE really wants this
> third distribution in the enterprise market."
>

Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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