Finally, to IBM, here’s a big idea for you. You say that you don’t want to pay all those RHEL developers? Here’s how you can save money: just pull from us. Become a downstream distributor of Oracle Linux. We will happily take on the burden.

  • bl_r@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    While this article has been hilarious, I really wish it was more than just opportunistic talk from a corporation that likely only cares about this because it makes it harder for them to produce oracle linux. I mean, after all, Oracle believes that APIs are proprietary and hates interoperability.

    • davehtaylor@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah my first thought when seeing the headline was “That’s really rich coming from Oracle”

  • TrenchcoatFullOfBats@belfry.ripEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would trust a wacky waving inflatable tube man at a used Renault car dealer before I would trust Oracle with absolutely anything of any value whatsoever.

  • aes @beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I suppose I’ll be watching two pile of snakes pretending to be people for the duration of which this plays out.

    • TrenchcoatFullOfBats@belfry.ripEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Red Hat contributes a lot to the Linux kernel and has a history of open-sourcing many of their previously closed-sourced acquisitions.

      Oracle bought Sun and then tried to claim that anyone who used the Java API owed them money.

      Red Hat is redeemable. What Oracle is trying to do here is like Sauron saying “Hey guys, I really care about open source Middle Earth and want to make things super chill again! Oh, and hey, y’all want some free rings?”