That would surely motivate IBM to make a Linux distro--which I personally thing would be a good thing. It will be just like BSD or Bell Labs derivations of Unix all over again. And imagine that, software made for the express purpose of commercial deployment...as opposed to an OS made, maintained, and distributed for the express purpose of pointing out how bad a thing it is to commercialize on software... yippie! ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bobak, Mark Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 8:35 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Oracle ventures into the O/S market.....? http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7354696c-cd86-11da-afcd-0000779e2340.html <http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7354696c-cd86-11da-afcd-0000779e2340.html> --