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Oracle's Linux strategy
Oracle is the market-leading database on Linux, and Oracle's "Unbreakable Linux" program offers enterprise-level support for Oracle on Red Hat installations. This section includes news and analysis of Oracle's Linux strategy.
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Firm dumps MySQL on Red Hat for Oracle Database on Oracle Linux
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|29 Jan 2008
Article - MySQL on Red Hat was the wrong prescription for one pharmaceutical software vendor.
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Oracle's Unbreakable Linux tries to neutralize Microsoft apps
19 Nov 2007
Article - Oracle continued to attack Red Hat with several Unbreakable Linux announcements at its OpenWorld conference, but is the news a distraction for its real target: Microsoft?
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Red Hat won't shift virtualization, RHEL5 plans, despite Microsoft/Novell, Oracle Linux pressure
15 May 2007
Article - Competition won't change Red Hat's roadmap, says RH exec Tim Yeaton. In this Q&A, he explains why Oracle's Linux and the Microsoft-Novell brand of interoperability are inadequate.
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Why software companies hesitate on Unbreakable Linux
Tip - An open source issues and strategies expert tackles Oracle's Unbreakable Linux and explains just why software vendors are hesitant to certify Oracle's Linux.
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Oracle Enterprise Linux gets backing from EMC, others
26 Apr 2007
Article - It was another small step forward for Oracle Enterprise Linux this week as a handful of ISVs pledged support, but it's still a long road ahead for the Red Hat clone.
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Oracle claims dozens of customers for Unbreakable Linux
03 Apr 2007
Article - Oracle is touting a list of 26 customers siding with it for Linux support. But, on further review, only one has actually dumped Red Hat Linux completely.
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Ask the Expert - An expert describes the difference between Oracle's Unbreakable Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux and how they relate to smaller IT shop trends.
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Oracle and MySQL in the Linux space
Ask the Expert - Oracle and MySQL in the Linux space
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Podcast: Oracle Database expert talks Oracle-on-Linux
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|30 Jan 2007
Article - Oracle Database expert Brian Peasland talks to SearchOracle.com about running Oracle on Linux, Oracle's Red Hat support offering, the upcoming Oracle Database 11g, common Oracle security mishaps and becoming Oracle certified.
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Red Hat users pine for discounted support
18 Dec 2006
Article - A new survey shows Red Hat customers will flee to Oracle's Unbreakable Linux if a significant reduction in support costs doesn't come soon.