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RHEL clone Oracle Linux 8, released a few weeks ago, has been deployed to the public mirror. So you now have no-registration-required access to a production-ready 8 to evaluate while we await CentOS 8. Download from here.
Many other distributions are available at https://mirrors.kernel.org
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Oracle Linux 8 Released to Public Mirror
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In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without
the supervision of a licensed engineer.
(Score: 2) by r1348 on Wednesday August 07 2019, @10:31PM (5 children)
Some corporates should have known better.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday August 07 2019, @10:42PM (3 children)
The corporate I work for got sick of Oracle's licensing nonsense.
The rumour is that the Asia-Pacific region spent about US$25 million per year, so goodness knows how much the US and Europe spent.
We are about one year into a 3 year replacement project, so getting rid of Oracle is possible but not easy and I'm glad I'm not involved.
I wonder what future Oracle has? They don't seem to have any happy customers, just hostages.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 07 2019, @11:01PM (1 child)
when Larry retires or dies. Look at the rollercoaster AMD's been on since Jerry Sanders (he of the infamous 'JERRYSANDERSJERRYSANDERSJERRYSANDERS'-bespoke-pinstriped suits) retired.
(Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Thursday August 08 2019, @05:36AM
Larry will never die - he is one of the undead
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 08 2019, @03:34AM
We are 2 years into a project to remove Oracle.
Mostly.
At least reduce our dependency on it to the absolute minimum.
(Score: 2) by ewk on Thursday August 08 2019, @10:08AM
Some corporates make informed choices given their (perceived) needs and the options available.
That being said: For more and more corporates the Oracle-RDBMS-ecosystem isn't the only option anymore that fits those needs.
Currently in the 5th year of a 3 year plan in getting rid of mentioned ecosystem. :-)
And in a number of years we'll most likely repeat the same exercise with our current cloudvendor. :-D
There is always a MBA beancounter who thinks he can reduce the operating costs a buck...
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