Oracle Builds World's Largest Linux-based
Development Organization
More than 9,000 Developers Worldwide
to Leverage Linux
Hong Kong, May 31, 2004 - With more
than 9,000 developers slated to create Oracle products on the Linux operating
system, Oracle will soon boast the largest Linux-based development organization
in the world.
The company began the global initiative last year with
the migration of 5,000 developers to Linux, and anticipates that by the
end of 2004, its core development team worldwide will be leveraging the
operating system. With Linux, Oracle developers have a broader choice
of hardware platforms and can use cheap, fast hardware in a grid environment
to help increase productivity and enhance testing capabilities.
"Over the past year, Linux adoption has become
widespread," said Leigh Warren, vice president for Linux Business
Unit, Oracle Asia Pacific. "Companies are now using Linux for everything
from product development to running mission critical systems and now on
the desktop. By building all of our products on Linux, we've decreased
our own development costs, increased productivity and gained greater insight
into what our customers experience running Oracle on Linux. This has enabled
us to be more responsive and anticipate customer needs."
The global migration of Oracle's core development
team to Linux illustrates the momentum it has gained in the enterprise
and is a testament to Oracle's ongoing investment in the operating
system. More importantly, Oracle's support of Linux is helping organizations
realize the benefits of low-cost, standards-based hardware. This commitment
is evidenced through a number of Oracle initiatives, including:
- Strategic partnerships with key Linux providers Red
Hat, Novell, Miracle Linux and Red Flag;
- A 6,000-plus global support team that provides complete
technical support to Oracle customers running on Linux;
- Oracle Linux Kernel Group – a team dedicated
24/7 to working with Linux vendors, providing fixes and developing new
functionality to directly benefit the Linux community;
- Oracle Linux and Open Source Developer Centers –
providing developers with access to source codes and Oracle on Linux
via the Oracle Technology Network at http://otn.oracle.com/linux or
http://oss.oracle.com;
- One thousand-plus commercially available partner
applications on the Linux/Oracle platform.
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