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For some time now, one has been able to get a basic linux distribution supported on typical enterprise class server hardware. However, to support applications, one must usually go beyond what is supported directly by the vendor distribution. A new example of a support model that builds support (which is defined as integration, testing and technical support) for two kinds of application server stacks: LAMP and LAMJ, of which the major components are:
# Apache # JBoss # MySQL # Tomcat # Axis # Hibernate # PHP
This company is called SpikeSource and is located at:
~ http://www.spikesource.com/solutions.html
~From my perspective supporting a application developer environment, this would accomodate all my major components except for Oracle. However, because our application developers also provide application support, I don't have to worry about that.
~From an end user perspective, one wants support of the application. What I am suggesting here is that something like SpikeSource is attempting to be the 'platform' technical support, allowing us to focus on application development and support.
What is interesting is if there really is a need for such support in the long term. What if the basic LAMP or LAMJ platform becomes a commodity like appliance that we buy from Dell or IBM? I see RedHat moving in that direction with the latest beta's of their enterprise server, which are including a complete LAMP and LAMJ platform.
I suspect Oracle is the big loser here because a vendor like IBM will bundle DB2 support into their platform at a lower cost then Oracle support. (this probably explains why Oracle is making a big push into the application space). Hard to tell what Dell will do, right now they are partnering with Oracle.
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