On Thursday 26 October 2006 09:04, Connie Sieh wrote:
Based on the following list it seems that Oracle's new Unbreakable Linux is really based on Centos and not rhel. Any comment on this?
http://oss.oracle.com/linux/legal/oracle-list.htnl
Look at the "artwork" rpm.
Hmm, Oracle is offering a support network for this product, and according to Their FAQ (http://www.oracle.com/technologies/linux/ubl-faq.pdf), they will even credit you any RHN support time you had left towards your new support contract with them if you migrate to their support system (ULN).
So, to summarize, Oracle is Redhat SRPMs (or CentOS SRPMs which is *almost* the same thing), building a distro out of them, and offering support contracts.
I assume the CentOS developers have a pretty good line on Redhat's feeling on their own project, so they may be a bit more qualified to comment on what Redhat might think about this product, which is essentially equivalent to CentOS + support. If Redhat takes to this badly, might there be fallout that affects CentOS as a whole (such as certain SRPMs no longer being published at Redhat for free use)?