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Oracle: Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To (www.oracle.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Shots fired by Oracle. I trust them about as much as I have a chance of sailing with Larry Ellison (also, ever notice how he looks like a Bond villain?), but I could see their arguments swaying at least a few folks who are looking for a corporate-backed enterprise distro that has the resources and incentive to keep up. Maybe at some point some of their SRPMs even end up assisting Rocky or Alma.

It’s a sad day when Oracle in word and deed is being more friendly to the community than Red Hat (“We do not have subscription agreements that interfere with a subscriber’s rights to redistribute Oracle Linux”).

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That sounds a lot like the pot calling the kettle black. Oracle is nothing but a bunch of stark hypocrites. They have absolutely nothing to say on the subject matter of FOSS and open and fair competition. This is just peak corporatism. Oracle is the king of proprietary. They've done NOTHING to contribute to open source. They take, take, take!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Not only do they do nothing for open source, they actively kill open source projects after aquiring them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

More like the lump of fired old dung calling the kettle black. I wouldn’t touch anything Oracle with a ten mile pile if I didn’t have to.