Microsoft and Oracle help legitimize Linux · Proposed air date:
Reviewing 2006, Dr. Dave points to Microsoft agreeing to sell and support Novell SUSE Linux after Oracle offered support for Red Hat. Whatever Linux’s consumer future, he says, these moves by established software companies gave open source a new level of commercial legitimacy.
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Proposed recording date: 2006-12-23. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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