[ossig] Oracle begins Linux partnership plan

[Nan Phin <nplee@tm.net.my>]

By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com
Thursday, March 27 2003 9:36 AM


Oracle is welcoming third-party software companies into the Linux fold, offering money for development and promotion to those with
products that augment the database giant's efforts to back the Unix-like operating system.

Oracle sells database software as well as higher-level programs for tasks such as tracking customers or keeping financial records.
But software from the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company also is used in conjunction with other companies' programs. It is those
companies Oracle is seeking to woo into the Linux camp, the company said Wednesday.

Under the program announced Tuesday, the Oracle-based software collections will be available through the company's network of sales
partners under a "powered by Oracle unbreakable Linux" brand that certifies the software packages are compatible with each other.

Oracle will help generate sales leads, train companies in the use of Linux, provide marketing funds and help with software
development.

Through a marketing plan called unbreakable Linux, Oracle has signed support agreements with top Linux seller Red Hat and with
UnitedLinux, a Linux consortium that includes No. 2 seller SuSE.






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