> Isn't Oracle Linux mostly a joke of a copy-cat distribution?
Yes, it's RHEL with the serial numbers filed off.
> isn't Oracle Linux mostly just an excuse to drain Oracle users for OS license money
It's:
1/ revenge on Red Hat for buying JBoss when Larry wanted it.
2/ part of Oracle's vertical integration story.
Oracle Linux sales reps will tell you Oracle DB isn't fully supported on RHEL (i.e. they reserve the right to force you to reproduce production support problems on a rebuilt platform) and Oracle have been trailing certification on the last couple of releases of the DB on RHEL vs. OEL.
I imagine the end game Oracle are hoping for is undercutting Red Hat until they can run a hostile takeover, then shut down either the JBoss or WebLogic product lines, and generally do unto Linux what they've been doing to MySQL.
Yes, it's RHEL with the serial numbers filed off.
> isn't Oracle Linux mostly just an excuse to drain Oracle users for OS license money
It's:
1/ revenge on Red Hat for buying JBoss when Larry wanted it.
2/ part of Oracle's vertical integration story.
Oracle Linux sales reps will tell you Oracle DB isn't fully supported on RHEL (i.e. they reserve the right to force you to reproduce production support problems on a rebuilt platform) and Oracle have been trailing certification on the last couple of releases of the DB on RHEL vs. OEL.
I imagine the end game Oracle are hoping for is undercutting Red Hat until they can run a hostile takeover, then shut down either the JBoss or WebLogic product lines, and generally do unto Linux what they've been doing to MySQL.