[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-08-05 10:40:54 +0000, John Wallace said:
> 
> I've read elsewhere (can't remember or quickly find where) that Oracle
> Linux is mostly just RHEL without the branding (statements like that
> need much more qualification). But what would Oracle want customers to
> think was involved in moving from their own Linux variant to the best
> known enterprise Linux in the industry (from which theirs is derived)?

For folks migrating applications off of OpenVMS, RHEL on x86-64 is a 
common target.

Oracle (Enterprise) Linux is a repackaged version of the open-source 
parts of RHEL, with two kernels available; RHEL-compatible and Oracle's 
own "Unbreakable" kernel.

RedHat obviously provides support for RHEL, for those that want or need 
it.  And RH does restrict access to some parts of their RHEL distro to 
their own customers.  Oracle also provides support for RHEL, for Oracle 
Linux, and for CentOS.  The download for Oracle Linux is free, as is 
CentOS.

Fedora, CentOS, VMware ESX and other distros and packages are based on 
or are built on RHEL.

For those folks that are operating on a budget and that can eschew 
support, Fedora (bleeding edge) and CentOS (trailing edge) are a common 
starting point.  If (when?) the folks acquire requirements for formal 
OS support, that can then be obtained with a low-effort migration to 
RHEL or Oracle Linux, and (obviously) a support payment.


Reading Assignment:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Enterprise_Linux

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_(operating_system)


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