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[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 15:29 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Frank Cox wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:36:47 -0500
> > Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> There's a big difference in 'supporting' proprietary software and 
> >> shooting the feet out from under your own users that depend on it.
> > 
> > If you depend on proprietary software, then Linux is not for you.  Microsoft
> > and/or Apple products are a much better fit for your needs.
> 
> Never did care that much for blanket statements.
> 
> If I depend on say "Oracle" and since Oracle is proprietary I should not run
> it on Linux?

RedHat's own internal support ticket system ran on Oracle. <huge grin>
For awhile during the IPO days Oracle had at least 20 or so Engineers
stationed at the old RTP location in Durham. 
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