Oracle Announce Full Support for RedHat Linux

Larry Ellison just announced that as of 1400 today, Wednesday, Oracle will offer full support for RedHat Linux. The program is called Unbreakable Linux 2.0 and will include full rpm support – you just change the URL and away you go.

He emphasized the simplicity of the changeover of support by having members of his team demonstrate it on stage. The cost of the support is going to be quite a bit lower than RedHat support, and Oracle are also offering a premium package which goes beyond what RedHat currently offer.

When Linux bugs are reported by Oracle customers, Oracle promise to fix the bugs in the version the customer is using – RedHat currently don't do this, meaning you have to wait for the next version before you can install a fix. You don't need to be an Oracle customer to get support for your RedHat systems.

A full press release will soon be available on the Oracle Newsroom site: http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pressroom/index.html?pageregion=ocom_hp_b_newsban_042705

Ellison finally welcomed a bunch of penguins on stage. Unfortunately, however, they didn't like the idea of getting up there in front of all those people, so they ran off again.