On Wednesday, Aug. 6, Oracle Corp. launched a new Linux partnership program and announced 15 new Linux partners at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Although Oracle has thousands of partners, it created a special partnership program for Linux vendors as part of the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program. To qualify, a vendor must participate in Oracle's configuration testing program, and its products must be certified to run on Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL). "This [announcement] shows the momentum and wide deployment of Linux applications on Oracle," said Monica Kumar, senior director of product marketing for Linux and open source. Oracle Unbreakable Linux support to broaden Linux customer base In the 18 months since Oracle began offering OEL based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, tens of thousands of users have downloaded the free...
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