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Now, it's Oracle's turn to jump into the Red Hat open-source Linux code kerfuffle.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, Oracle trying to brand itself as "the good guy" is certainly an odd turn of events. I don't trust them, but I guess we'll see what they end up doing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a strange time to see Oracle as the champion of free and open instead of the greedy closed overlord.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It’s probably self-serving somehow. Getting the door slammed close in their faces rather than them doing the slamming.