Larry Ellison knew Oracle needed its own operating system, and the Redwood Shores software company had a choice: Build it or buy it.
But Ellison told attendees at last week's Oracle's OpenWorld conference that he'd found a third way -- take an operating system from another business.
Oracle's Unbreakable Linux will be almost exactly like Red Hat's version of the operating system, but Oracle will strip out the Red Hat trademarks, then offer support services such as bug fixing at about half of Red Hat's retail price.
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