Oracle Releasing Linux Distro?

[Big B]

Well, that's a possibility, according to Hexus:

Rather than developing a new distribution in-house, if the company decides to ship a distro it may follow the acquisition of an existing creator. According to Reuters Ellison said the company had considered acquiring Novell Inc. A move such as this would put Oracle's OS in competition with both Microsoft Windows and other Linux distros, including Red Hat Enterprise Edition.

Interesting.

 

[megamaced]

It would make more sense buiding their own Linux distribution in-house. Oracle would get a decent Linux distribution if they bought Novell, but they'd end up with a load of baggage too. Namely, Novell Netware.....

 

[Big B]

Yes, I cringe at Netware too. Some people hate Windows, I just hate Netware.

 

[Anti-Trend]

Contrary to popular belief, inter-distro Linux competition is good for everybody but Microsoft. The code is all released under the GPL, so code / usability improvements in one distro find their way into many in very short time. Remember, Suse Linux wasn't written from scratch either.