What do you want if you are worth $18 billion and have the third-largest motor yacht in the world? Simple: revenge.
Oracle's Unbreakable Linux is about revenge - for the fact that Red Hat dared to snatch JBoss from under Larry Ellison's nose. It's a warning that you don't mess with lovely Larry. It's also a bit of kite-flying: maybe offering support for Red Hat is a viable business, though I can't see it myself. In any case, even if Unbreakable fails as a service, it's already succeeded as a punishment.
Update: Ha!
Me, I'm moving to Solaris. More stable, less religious, and you know, it just doesn't suck any more.
ReplyDeleteYes, Solaris does seem to be undergoing something of a renaissance. And competition is good....
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