No, it was becuase SCO has become a litiguous (sp?) company. SCO refused to leave UL, so most other partners dropped out. Check www.groklaw.net for info. Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc rthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxx "The box said I needed to have windows 98 or better...So I installed linux." mark.powell@xxxxxx m To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: cc: oracle-l-bounce@fr Subject: RE: Certifiable Linux eelists.org 02/24/2004 09:25 AM Please respond to oracle-l No, it was because Novell purchased SuSe and SuSe subsequently withdrew from the United Linux group. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of mkb Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:21 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Certifiable Linux Also, I believe UL is dead or in the process of dissolution because of SCO. Can't remember where I read it (I think eWeek), but the reason was beacuse of SCO. Hope someone can verify this though. mohammed --- Mladen Gogala <mladen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/24/2004 10:50:32 AM, ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx > wrote: > > ocm uses united linux 1.0 and its free. Tanel > Poder is an OCM, maybe he can tell you how well it > works? > > > > > http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/index.html?dba9i_ocmenvir.html > > > > Ryan, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but United Linux > is not free and the cheapest > version, if we discount the ones on the Houston St. > in NYC, is around $100. > United Linux is a coordinating committee of vendors > who say what should the distro > look like. That means that everybody agrees where to > put include files, where > do executables go, what is in the kernel and which > package manager to use. > United Linux means "SuSE or Connectiva". There is > another member of the United Linux > consortium which will make the whole effort go > south: Santa Cruz Operations, SCO for > short. Until they're finished off, they'll likely > obstruct the UL effort. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: > oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at > //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at > //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------