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		rbanffy on July 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oracle spreading FUD about CentOS Not only due to the litigious bent. Many past events left a bitter taste - the management of the MySQL products, the end of OpenSolaris (which was a very good Unix distro - and one that lives on) and so on. This can be interpreted as an attempt to suck the air out of CentOS and Red Hat at the same time. Considering Oracle's past, the hypothesis cannot be ruled out easily.

metachris on July 19, 2012 | [–]

And don't forget the Hudson fiasco! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_(software))

ericd on July 19, 2012 | | [–]

Yeah, litigation is by no means the only reason. It's just one of the clearest expressions of their relatively shitty corporate mindset.

chris_wot on July 19, 2012 | [–]

Not to mention their bloody awful support.

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