Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison is considering the release of Oracle's own version of Linux after realising the purchase of one of the two major Linux vendors was not cost-effective, according to a story in the Financial Times.
Red Hat has shed a little more light on how it intends to develop the directory and certificate management software it bought from America Online's Netscape division.
Tiemann stirs up an audience of the converted
Is the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux a nail in Solaris’ coffin, or just a desperate attempt at getting sales?
Two former Red Hat Linux software engineers are creating a new version of Linux for corporate users that they say will allow custom code modifications to be made while maintaining full support for the rest of the operating system.
Large Red Hat Linux customers don’t appear overly concerned about coming changes to licensing terms.
Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 by Michael Jang (Sybex, $120)
Most people will come into direct contact with open source software through Linux.
When Oracle looked at all the distributions of Linux, to decide what to use as a base for the “unbreakable Linux” on which to mount its 9i database system, each one was seen to lack some vital facility.