| Where the heck is Red Hat? |
Aug. 15, 2006
The question I've been hearing the most at San Francisco's LinuxWorld is, "Where's Red Hat?"
That's a darn good question. I don't have a darned good answer.
You won't find Red Hat in the exhibit area. They aren't hiding out in a conference room offering tippy-top-secret peeks at Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.66.
Now, they are here. I would swear I caught sight of Tim Yeaton, Red Hat's general manager of enterprise products, near the Moscone Center where LinuxWorld is geing held, this morning. I also know that Red Hat's having a party.
I also know that they were certainly invited. I mean, not inviting Red Hat would be like having a Windows show without inviting Microsoft.
So, where are they?
I've sent notes to Red Hat's public relations folks and, so far, they're mum.
I'm a bit annoyed that they're not here, and I know quite a few LinuxWorld attendees are slightly annoyed. They came to LinuxWorld in part to see Red Hat, and most of them are going to leave mildly annoyed.
Of course, it could be that Red Hat's not here because Oracle is buying them.
No, I don't have a bit of proof for that, and neither does anyone else. But, I have heard this rumor several times on the show room floor, so now you're in on the gossip as well.
I've also heard that Oracle is going to release its own Linux tomorrow, which will be based on Red Hat Linux. This one seems to have sprung from blogger and SAP staffer Jeff Nolan. Nolan wrote that the deal was in the works "according to a number of open source industry insiders."
Well, I like to think I know some of those folks too, and so does my eWEEK reporter buddy Peter Galli. But we couldn't find anyone who knew anything.
And, if you think about it for a second, what would "open-source insiders" know about such a deal anyway? Red Hat officials, sure. Oracle execs? You betcha. Open-source insiders? I can't see it.
Oh, and, by the way, we couldn't find anyone who should know, who did know anything, either.
Now, I could be dead-wrong. It wouldn't be the first time. But, I really, really doubt that we'll be seeing any major Red Hat/Oracle news anytime soon.
-- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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