I'm just going to say it: Oracle really creeps me out. I don't find anything that they've done very innovative. They're basically an extremely bland corporate entity that sells overpriced DBs and services. I know that I'm not alone on this sentiment.
My basic concern is that I really like Solaris and OpenSolaris and what Sun has brought to the table. Also the fact they've open sourced their OS because--well let's face it--Linux was taking them to the cleaners. At least, they've, i.e. Sun, tried to (and did) make Unix interesting again with real innovation (no need to mention them here). What's the point in all this? Sun had no choice because besides selling servers they're advantage was Solaris. It was their wheelhouse above the hardware. Oracle's is overpriced DBs and services. Given who bought whom, obviously the OS is less of a priority than the DB. p.s. As for Oracle's Linux distribution, who honestly cares. Does the world need another Linux distro? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
