Oracle: The biggest Linux vendor you've never heard of (TMCnet)

TMCnet talks with Oracle hacker Wim Coekaerts about Oracle's contributions to Linux. "The Oracle database is a large, complex application that places a lot of demands on the underlying OS. When Oracle wants to experiment, changing how the OS works to optimize database performance, it's easier to do with an open source, community-driven OS than a proprietary one. Hence the number of Linux kernel contributions from Oracle engineers; as a fast research and prototyping tool, Linux can't be beat."

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