More good news for open source

[Sy Ali]

On 10/26/06, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Oracle ramps up Red Hat support and indemnification:
> http://www.crncanada.ca/content/ebusiness/oracle-to-support-indemni.shtml

At first glance, it sounds like Oracle is using a new method to
undermine Red Hat's primary source of income.

The real benefit to the community would be that this directly
influences Oracle databases on Linux.  This platform is now considered
to be the same priority level for fixes/etc as Windows.  So MS SQL has
more direct competition from Linux+Oracle now.

It's a strange mix..


> Millions of pounds of public funding are put into two European projects
> designed to promote open source:
> http://www.itworldcanada.com/Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?id=idgml-34ca5234-e609-4d9d

That one's cool.. but it sounds like a lot of that cash will be going
to the infrastructure/politics to get awareness out there, rather than
to improving the projects and products themselves.  =/
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