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”).

Edit: Fixed link

  • Koma52@lemmy.world
    18·
    3 years ago

    For me it sounds like more like a PR move. It sounds like they just want people to adopt Oracle Linux because now it’s the good thing and when they’ll have the chance they’ll do the same thing. Not necessarily exactly what Red Hat (and IBM) did but something that won’t benefit the community but them. But maybe this is just my superstition or something and it won’t come to this. I hope it won’t come to this but I doubt it

  • winterayars@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    3 years ago

    Oracle saying to keep Linux free is like an arsonist talking about fire safety (after they burned your house down). The fact that they can say that shit with a straight face is shameful. What a fucking world we’ve found ourselves in.

  • Marxine@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 years ago

    The trend of one shitty corporation attempting some PR bullshit and market-taking after the previous shitty corporation makes a really idiotic move doesn’t stop with Meta going for Twitter’s throat, doesn’t it?

    Oracle trying to spin up some moral high ground over RedHat is hysterically bad. They’d do better staying quiet.

  • mhz@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 years ago

    Very persuading coming from a company where half its employees are lawyers.