Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ go after Red Hat with the Open Enterprise Linux Association
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"Many large organizations reached out to us to express the importance of community-driven source code for EL that can act as a starting point for compatible distributions," added Wim Coekaerts, Oracle executive VP of software development, "OpenELA is our response to this need." Also: Fedora Linux on M-powered Macs will be here shortly The initial OpenELA board of directors will include equal representation from its founding entities, CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE. The group will also welcome other organizations and community members to help "to build a robust, community-driven standard that ensures impartiality and equilibrium in the RHEL ecosystem." McGrath told me: In our view, enterprise Linux isnt an implementation standard; it goes beyond the bits to encompass the expertise, support, and engineering that backs an operating system. Were proud to employ many of the talented minds driving innovation across not just Linux, but open source in general, advancing upstream projects and enterprise applications in tandem.
