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Oracle looking to Linux

August 9, 2005 Within next five years, half Oracle's customers may be running Linux, says Oracle President Charles Phillips. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Linux, LinuxWorld, Oracle Real Application Cluster, application server, grid, database, approach, open source, San Francisco, president, server, operating system

Oracle to offer Red Hat Linux support

October 25, 2006 Announcement marks the first time a major computing company with Linux ties will compete directly with the Linux seller.Complete OpenWorld coverage: From Dell-AMD to Web 2.0 TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Larry Ellison, Red Hat Linux, Oracle Corp., Linux seller, Linux, computing company, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, bug fix, support, CEO, server, operating system

Linux kernel adopts Oracle cluster file system

April 4, 2006 Oracle touts announcement that Cluster File System 2 for Linux will be distributed with the Linux kernel. TAGS: Linux kernel, Oracle Corp., Linux server, Linux, Novell Inc., file system, server

Oracle claims Yahoo as Linux convert

March 22, 2007 Ellison announces a high-profile customer for its Red Hat Linux clone, but Yahoo is still buying Red Hat's products. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Linux, Yahoo! Inc., open source, server, HP

Report: Oracle pulls into tie with IBM in databases

May 24, 2005 With Linux pushing its fortunes, Oracle scales to the database peak, Gartner report says. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Gartner Inc., IBM DB2, database software, IBM Corp., segment, Unix, database, Linux, server, Microsoft Corp.

New Novell Linux gains Oracle certification

December 1, 2004 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 wins certification from database market leader. TAGS: Oracle Corp., certification, Novell Linux, Novell Inc., Oracle9i, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Intel Itanium, x86 processor, alliance, Linux, database, 64-bit, server, Intel

Oracle has yet to prove Linux cred

October 27, 2006 Software giant's bid to steal Red Hat's business hurts Red Hat, but Oracle has a long way to go before proving its Linux chops. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, source code, software development, Cisco Systems Inc., Java, operating system, server

Ubuntu chief: Oracle Linux has 'tactical value'

October 21, 2006 Oracle could benefit from offering its own Linux, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Ubuntu, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, Red Hat Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, value, open source, server, IBM Corp., database

Unisys, Oracle team on business software

December 3, 2004 Firms are expanding a joint engineering program to boost the performance of Oracle's software running on Windows. TAGS: Unisys Corp., Unisys ES7000, Oracle Corp., business software, RISC, Intel Itanium, Intel Xeon, database, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, server, Microsoft Corp., Intel, Microsoft Windows

Linux gets built-in Cell processor support

March 21, 2006 Updated kernel includes Oracle software for clustered databases, improves how OS runs on multiprocessor systems. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, kernel, multiprocessor, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Linux, Sun UltraSPARC, Oracle Corp., T1, Linux kernel, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, file system, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., programming, patch management

Oracle OpenWorld takes the stage

October 26, 2006 special coverage Business software maker opens arms to partners, making an incursion into the Linux market. Photo: Ellison announces Red Hat support Photos: Mr. Ruiz, meet Mr. Dell Video: Dell's AM... TAGS: margin, Oracle Corp., business software company, Oracle Open World, Red Hat Inc., mainframe, Web 2.0, Linux, acquisition, Mr., software company, font, Dell, server, photograph

Zend brings PHP to Oracle's database

October 11, 2005 Zend Core for Oracle highlights one of the growing commercial uses of open-source PHP scripting language. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, Oracle Corp., MySQL Database, scripting language, CRM, open-source software, IBM Corp., database, open source, Unix, server, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Open season at Linux show

August 11, 2005 Red Hat says it will fund programmers' efforts to defang the threat presented by software patents. Also: Database start-ups bet on open source. Photos: Execs tout penguin TAGS: open source, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., support services, workplace, Apache Software Foundation, Novell Inc., intellectual property, exec, IBM Corp., Unix, Firefox, database, start-up, server

This week in OpenWorld news

December 10, 2004 At Oracle's OpenWorld conference, Michael Dell chides the Lenovo-IBM deal. Also: Oracle chief Larry Ellison' deja vu keynote speech. TAGS: Larry Ellison, keynote speech, Oracle Corp., Oracle Open World, Red Hat Inc., merger, Lenovo, Dell, conference, acquisition, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., server, Linux, database, operating system

Dell bashes 'big iron'

December 8, 2004 Mammoth servers are dinosaurs, execs tell Oracle OpenWorld crowd. Clusters--as in Dell's new MegaGrid push--are the way to go. TAGS: Oracle Open World, Jeff Clarke, Oracle Corp., iron, Oracle Application Server 10g, Dell Server, Dell, Unix, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., database, server, San Francisco, Linux, Intel, HP

Red Hat revenue up, profit down

March 29, 2007 Rising expenses--including the JBoss acquisition--cut into Linux seller's revenue; net income drops 25 percent. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., JBoss, net income, Oracle Corp., Linux seller, acquisition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, expense, server software, open-source software, Linux, Yahoo! Inc., training, server, open source

Sun to make Java more Linux-friendly

May 4, 2006 As JavaOne approaches, plans are afoot to make Java licensing terms more favorable to open-source OSes. TAGS: JavaOne, Java, Joe Keller, Java server, Sun Microsystems Inc., JRE, Java Platform, BEA Systems Inc., open source, company executive, Java application, standard, Oracle Corp., Linux, software company, conference

New XenEnterprise boosts virtual Windows

April 2, 2007 Virtualization software now can run multiprocessor Windows servers, but bigger changes are coming in June. TAGS: XenSource Inc., Xen, virtualization, virtual machine, x86 server, Microsoft Windows Server, Novell Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Inc., VMware, open-source software, open source, Linux, Oracle Corp., server, operating system

Red Hat's next Linux due before March

December 28, 2006 Company plans to ship its next major version of the operating system on February 28, two months after its earlier deadline. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Xen, virtualization, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, deadline, JBoss, VMware, Linux, Intel x86, Novell Inc., open-source software, Oracle Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's alpha tester

December 14, 2004 If anyone should be complaining about buggy Microsoft products, it's Ron Markezich, Microsoft's CIO. TAGS: business process transformation, CIO, business process, Microsoft SQL Server, data center, Microsoft Visual Studio, Oracle Corp., information technology, Microsoft Corp., Linux, open source, security, server, Microsoft Windows