Inside Oracle's bombshell plan to support Red Hat

By Mark Brunelli, News Editor30 Nov 2006 SearchOracle.com

Oracle's bombshell plan to offer full support for Red Hat Inc.'s Linux distribution at half the price sent shock waves through the IT industry.
Operating systems expert Tony Iams, a vice president and senior analyst with Ideas International in Port Chester, New York, says the move represents the first time a major applications vendor has jumped into the operating systems business in such a dramatic way. But, he adds, it's also a move that should have come as a major surprise to Red Hat.
SearchOracle.com caught up with Iams to discuss the details of Oracle's plan and get his opinion on whether or not Oracle's strategy will severely hurt Red Hat's business over the long term. Here are some excerpts from that conversation:

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Inside Oracle's bombshell plan to support Red Hat