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 of code -as required- back to the
community.

The point is that when they discover a bug or problem, Oracle can pick
up a phone, make *three* phone calls and yell: "Fix this now!".

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

Ergo, the RH special status.

-Ramon