Oracle, Microsoft Linux Announcements Not Yet Being Felt
from the validating-the-space dept
Last fall, the Linux market seemed headed for a major shakeup, as within a few days of each other, both Oracle and Microsoft announced plans to get into the space. Oracle's strategy was to offer support for Red Hat Linux at a cut-rate price, while Microsoft partnered with Novell to co-market their offerings on a limited basis. While Red Hat investors fretted about the increased competition, the company put on a brave face, and brought out the old saw about increased competition being validation for the Linux market. Although it's still early in the game, it seems that Red Hat may have been justified in its optimism. A couple of new Wall Street analyst reports have noted that neither Oracle nor Microsoft has had any significant impact on the market. Oracle has yet to announce any major customer wins, while Microsoft claims that one customer -- Wal-Mart -- has bought into the partnership. In both cases, the companies certainly have more business than they're publicly announcing, but it does seem that the doomsday scenarios that many envisioned are not yet playing out.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Wait for Oracle 11g
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Didn't Red Hat go out of business?
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Red Hat doing well
<http://quote.morningstar.com/Quote/Quote.aspx?Ticker=RHT>
Look at their 5-year graph, and how well that compares, to, say,Microsoft <http://quote.morningstar.com/Quote/Quote.aspx?Ticker=MSFT>.
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I know I'm forced to used windows for some of the apps I need but more and more I find myself on my laptop enjoying the versatility and open doors of linux.
Last night I finally got XGL/Beryl on it too. A bit of work finding the right tutorial, but it definitely can hold it's own against vista in terms of visually effects and productivity.
And it doesn't ask me if I'm sure it's okay to move my mouse to the left.
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Ubuntu is anyone is curious. I did a 5.x to 6.x upgrade and was completely blown away by the ease of the upgrade. It isn't (I hate to say this) quite like Windows Update (yet), but it's really good for a community project.
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