Oracle intersted in buying Ubunutu

[Chanchao]

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 00:03 +1000, Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:

> > I dislike Oracle almost as much as Microsoft.. perhaps more so. Their
> > software quality and support quality is atrocious.  That currently
> > Microsoft is on top doesn't mean that Oracle can't be just as evil.

> Microsoft is not evil in my opinion. They make good and easy-to-use software. 

Ha, I stopped short of adding that, too, for fear of getting flamed to
dust. :) Glad you added it though. :)

> And when criticising the quality of Oracle's 
> software, consider that they essentially own the database market, so they 
> must be doing something right.

They've been around very long and therefore the biggest companies in the
world use their software, companies who don't mind if they have to
employ an army of very bright administrators to keep things running, and
for whom change to anything else completely ins't an option. 

But you hinted at ease of use earlier, and how Microsoft indeed gets
that right most of the time, especially also for their (database) server
stuff. Oracle however.... I would never recommend that to any company
who doesn't use it already.   

And outside of the first world especially, it's completely unfeasible.
I couldn't think of a WORSE company/thing to be associated with Ubuntu,
both the OS as well as the concept.

Cheers,
Chanchao