What the Oracle Acquisition of Sun Means for Linux (LinuxFoundation)
[Posted April 21, 2009 by cook]
The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin
discusses
Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems.
"
Its no surprise that the executive director of the Linux Foundation would see good news for Linux in the unexpected announcement this morning of Oracles acquisition of Sun Microsystems, but I do feel it necessary to shed some light on how it may or may not affect Linux.
- Oracle is strategically aligned with Linux: Oracle is a Linux distributor, and all its products are developed and run on Linux. As Edward Screven, chief architect of Oracle, said in a keynote at our Collaboration Summit two weeks ago, entering the Linux market was the right choice for Oracle. They are also a major user: Oracles entire enterprise runs on Linux, and they are major contributors to the Linux kernel among other Linux projects."
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