And so commences the death of Oracle. "It's too hard to get support for it," businesses will say.
Oracle: We WON grey market software and Solaris support case
Oracle is claiming victory in a case of alleged grey market trading against a US business that sells network, software and services management support to the enterprise. ServiceKey and its CEO Angela Vines inked a settlement deal with Larry's lot at the end of last month. The lawsuit was filed by Oracle in February 2012, with …
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Wednesday 19th June 2013 23:09 GMT Anonymous Coward
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"The lawsuit was filed by Oracle in February 2012, with the software giant accusing the managed service provider of distributing proprietary software and support that it was not authorised to sell to customers including the US Navy and the US Food and Drug Administration."
Isn't this precisely what Oracle is doing with Red Hat, stripping out the copyrights, re-branding it as Oracle Linux and selling `support contracts'.