Oracle can release its own version of Linux

According to a report published in the Financial Times on April 17, US software maker, Oracle, is considering releasing a version of the Linux operating system and has considered buying one of the two companies. Leading this technology.

This report, citing an interview with Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison, said the move would redraw the software picture and open a new front in Oracle's long-standing competition with Microsoft player.

This report said Ellison answered that like Microsoft, Oracle wants to sell all kinds of software including operating systems and applications. ' We are missing an operating system. You will probably convince us to distribute and support Linux . ' Ellison said.

This report says that like IBM, Oracle has put its trust in Linux, an open source system with code open for everyone to see and take advantage of, to counterbalance Microsoft's Windows, the universal operating system. Turns very fast from desktop computers to enterprise IT systems.

Ellision said that in a recent study of the open source software market, Oracle had considered buying Novell as the largest Linux distributor behind Red Hat.

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