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From Forbes (subscription required):
Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison . . . posed a challenge to Linux software leader Red Hat Inc.. . . late Wednesday by announcing that Oracle . . . would begin offering maintenance services for Red Hat products - and charge less for that than Red Hat does. . . . Oracle expects to offer discounts of at least 50 percent. As this site notes often, large, established firms do not necessarily favor IP rights; they have other forms of market power. IP rights are necessary for smaller firms and individuals to level the field. Forbes added:
The threat caused Red Hat's stock price to plunge by more than 16 percent amid investor worries about the much smaller company's ability to withstand the challenge
posted by James DeLong @ 9:32 AM | Free Culture Movement, Software
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