Unfakable Linux

 January 15, 2007

Back in October, Oracle announced Unbreakable Linux, a re-packaged version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat quickly replied with a stunt playing on the similar sound between Unbreakable Linux and Unfakable Linux to point out that Unbreakable Linux is just a copy of RHEL.

The reasons Oracle created their own distro are undoubtedly multiple, but I think the leading one is to provide their customers with a single vendor solution. I think that the fact that Oracle decided to base their version on RHEL is the most sensible decision. In fact, most of their customers are already using their products on RHEL. RHEL is, therefore, already a very well-supported platform for Oracle products. And, finally, RHEL is the leading Linux in the enterprise space.