| Oracle issues threat to Red Hat support |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Thursday, 26 October 2006 | |
  
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According to Ellison, the market is crying out for an enterprise level of Red Hat support at a reasonable price. He alluded to the fact that users were dependent on Linux distributors for bug fixes and often had to wait for new versions of the operating system for a fix. Ellison's vision is for Oracle to strengthen Linux by fixing bugs for clients and then making the fix available for the wider Linux community. The news appears to have gained enthusiastic support among some of the larger vendors in the IT space and spells bad news for Red Hat, which now has active competitor with scale and resources in the Linux support space. Responding to questions from the audience, Ellison denied that Oracle's move threatens kill Red Hat's business. "This is capitalism. We're competing. We're offering a better product at a lower price," he said. However, the fact is that six months ago Ellison revealed that he would like Oracle to own the whole software stack, which of course includes an operating system. He also revealed that he had considered acquiring Red Hat but that the company was too expensive and that if Oracle wanted to, it could simply take the Red Hat software and embed it in its own Linux product. The latest move by Oracle could be viewed as a step in that direction.{moscomment} |
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