On May 9, 1:58 am, Michael Schmarck <usenet-mich...@schmarck.cn>
wrote:
> bdbafh <bdb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Go check under "Certify" on Metalink.oracle.com for what distros are
> > and are not supported.
>
> Care to provide a direct link?
>

He cannot. That information is classified. :-)

Now seriously: you have to be an Oracle Metalink subscriber to see
the certification matrix.

Last time I checked Oracle supports 3 distribuitions, all of them in
the "enterprise" category.

- RHEL
- Enterprise SuSE
- Asia Linux

Oracle works directly with the folks responsible for the above
distributions.
The original one was RedHat. They both (Oracle + RH) opened a
development lab
to make sure that the software ran properly on Linux. Oracle gave
every byte
on code -as required- back to the community.

The point is that when tey discover a bug or problem, Oracle can pick
up a phone,
make 3 phone calls and yell: "fix this now!".

It turns out that they would like to make a single phone call, with
the
cost savings and wall street pressures and all.

Ergo, the RH special status.

-Ramon