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In case anyone hasn't already figured it out, this should be proof that you shouldn't take anything Ellison says too seriously. He's like the tech crunch of CEOs.

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Why isn't he serious here? He's not suggesting anything nefarious--he's simply stating that when open source is good enough his company will begin to use it (for free) and make money with it. Seems logical.

The part where he's talking out of his ass is where he claims that Oracle can support Red Hat better than Red Hat.

I'll grant that Oracle can support Oracle running on Red Hat better, but that's a different story.

From what I've read about Ellison, I don't doubt he believes Oracle can support Red Hat better than Red Hat can support Red Hat. You and I believe otherwise, but that has nothing to do with what Larry Ellison believes.

I disagree. Love him or hate him, Larry Ellison interviews are consistently very blunt and informative. He often gives a very clear definition of what Oracle's strategy is/will be. For instance he called the enterprise sw consolidation and then executed on it.

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