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Oracle takes aim at CentOSOracle takes aim at CentOSPosted Jul 19, 2012 19:40 UTC (Thu) by sailorxyz (subscriber, #52650)In reply to: Oracle takes aim at CentOS by ras Parent article: Oracle takes aim at CentOS
Absolutely, I cannot agree more. Since Oracle started it's current behavior I have been totally turned off. I used to use VirtualBox, now I prefer to pay for VmWare. I used to use MySql, now I use Postgre, and I've stopped using NetBeans as well.
Oracle has totally destroyed trust and I very much doubt that it will regain it anytime soon.
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Oracle takes aim at CentOS Posted Jul 20, 2012 19:19 UTC (Fri) by alan (subscriber, #4018) [Link]
FWIW, while VirtualBox and MySQL are owned and branded as Oracle products, the relationship with the end user has not really changed.
Oracle takes aim at CentOS Posted Jul 20, 2012 20:54 UTC (Fri) by sailorxyz (subscriber, #52650) [Link]
That's the point, they are branded as Oracle products and so are tainted by association. And whats to stop Oracle doing with them whatever it may wish should it get the urge?
Oracle takes aim at CentOS Posted Jul 21, 2012 13:53 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
The fact that they're free software and can be trivially forked? (As has, you know, *already been done* with Hudson.)
Oracle takes aim at CentOS Posted Jul 21, 2012 10:52 UTC (Sat) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]
Things are changing fora the worst, though slowly. In order to use their bug tracker, you now have to sign up to the Oracle integrated web single sign on thingy, which insists on invading your privacy in order to find out the name of your employer, your job title, etc. It is a small but irritating deterrent to filing bugs against VirtualBox.
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