Standard Telecom OS
Standard Telecom OS
Posted Nov 17, 2006 9:10 UTC (Fri) by eru (subscriber, #2753)In reply to: Oracle and Redhat by drag
Parent article: Nokia Partners with Red Hat (Techtree.com)
Then the idea that they would pick Redhat out of all the possible solutions simply because that is what they feel that they need will provide quite a bit of advertising fodder for Redhat.
My guess is Red Hat was chosen simply because it is the biggest and best established Linux player. In telecoms you also want assured long-term support (like 10 ... 20 years), in addition to stability. So RH gets picked even though some smaller Linux vendors had more knowhow in in embedded and carrier grade Linux.
But why Linux at all? Curiously, Linux is fast becoming the standard OS in telecom networks. All companies, not just Nokia. This is a field where Microsoft was never even in the running.