On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote: > Fernando Cassia wrote: > >> I don' t think that would happen anytime soon. AFAIK if you check >> distrowatch Oracle Linux ranks #50 and CentOS ranks #8. >> >> Also, I read somewhere that ORCL has 8,000 paid custmers to their >> Linux subscription.... hardly a major player still. >> But like I said, the more competition wrt pricing the better. > > Be difficult to beat CentOS on price, surely? > RedHat and Oracle both provide value-add services. THAT is what you pay for. Cheers, Cliff