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Red Hat: 'Yes, we undercut Oracle with hidden Linux patches'
Red Hat has changed the way it distributes Enterprise Linux kernel code in an effort to prevent Oracle and Novell from stealing its customers, making it more difficult for these competitors to understand which patches have been applied where.
He says the change is meant to hamper Oracle and Novell's ability to offer support to customers who are already running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
"We made the change, quite honestly, because we are absolutely making a set of steps that make it more difficult for competitors that wish to provide support services on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux," Red Hat chief technology officer Brian Stevens tells The Register, before naming those competitors. "Today, there are two competitors that I'm aware of that go to our customers directly, offering to support RHEL directly for them...Oracle and Novell."
In essence, Red Hat is trying to hide information from these competitors that is essential to providing support for RHEL specifically. "What we're trying to impede is competitors that come to customers who are already running RHEL under subscription from Red Hat and saying 'Don't pay Red Hat anymore, pay us, and don't make any changes to your systems'," Stevens says.
Red Hat has changed the way it distributes Enterprise Linux kernel code in an effort to prevent Oracle and Novell from stealing its customers, making it more difficult for these competitors to understand which patches have been applied where.
He says the change is meant to hamper Oracle and Novell's ability to offer support to customers who are already running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
"We made the change, quite honestly, because we are absolutely making a set of steps that make it more difficult for competitors that wish to provide support services on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux," Red Hat chief technology officer Brian Stevens tells The Register, before naming those competitors. "Today, there are two competitors that I'm aware of that go to our customers directly, offering to support RHEL directly for them...Oracle and Novell."
In essence, Red Hat is trying to hide information from these competitors that is essential to providing support for RHEL specifically. "What we're trying to impede is competitors that come to customers who are already running RHEL under subscription from Red Hat and saying 'Don't pay Red Hat anymore, pay us, and don't make any changes to your systems'," Stevens says.
Skrivajuci patcheve od Oracla skrivaju ih i od korisnika koji su presli na njihovu platformu. Ali ko je*e customere, mi cemo da im uvaljamo skrivene patcheve da ni oni ni konkurencija ne mogu da se provuku pored nas za dzabe. A sa obzirom na to da ne znas i nemas nikakvu kontrolu nad time sta i kako RedHat valja i pretura po tvojim serverima sve je zamagljenija linija do proprietary softvera, ni kod njih ne znas sta i kako ali bar platis samo jednom umesto veciti godisnji support sa mafijom od koje ne mozes da se otkacis.
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naroda koji je bio veseo, pomalo površan, od jednog naroda koji je bio znatiželjan, koji
je voleo da vidi, da putuje, da upozna,
od naroda koji je bio kosmopolitski napravio narod koji je namršten, mrzovoljan,
sumnjicav, zaplašen, narod koji se stalno nešto žali, kome je stalno neko kriv - Z.Đinđić
