[CLUE-Tech] Re: [CLUE-Talk] Upcoming Oracle presentations question

[Nate Duehr]

On Feb 29, 2004, at 5:28 PM, Collins Richey wrote:
> I didn't think Debian would have anything to do with any software that
> isn't 100% true blue Richard Stallman favored gpl licensed open
> software? At least they've made those noises in the past.

I'm not asking for a Debian-released version of Oracle.  I'm asking why 
Oracle will not officially support customers running Oracle on Debian 
Linux systems.

It would seem with as amazingly stable and secure as Debian's stable 
releases truly are, Oracle would benefit from giving full support to 
anyone running Oracle on Debian's "stable" branch.  Debian's internals 
are cleaner and second to none due to filesystem policy (long before 
FHS came out, Debian had a filesystem policy), and their releases are 
slow enough, even a behemoth like Oracle can handle the changes.

Instead Oracle actively and officially supports the mess now known as 
"RedHat Enterprise Linux", otherwise known as "the retreat back to 
RedHat 7.2 hidden in a Marketing name-change".

Personally I think the only reason anyone's paying $300 for it is 
BECAUSE companies like Oracle won't support other distros properly.  If 
Oracle/Debian Stable were an officially recognized Oracle platform, 
sales of RHEL would plummet.

Nate