The Oracle Corporation would accomplish the status of largest Linux-based development organisation globally soon.
In this connection, more than 9,000 developers slated to create Oracle products on the Linux operating system.
The company began the global initiative last year with the migration of 5,000 developers to Linux and anticipated that by the end of 2004, its core development team world wide will be leveraging the operating system.
Linux Engineering Director Wim Coekaerts said with the Linux, the Oracle developers have a broader choice of hardware platforms, and can use cheap, fast hardware in a grid environment to help increase productivity and enhance testing capabilities.
Last year, the Linux adoption became widespread, he said, adding the Oracle Corporation and other companies are now using Linux for everything from product development to running mission critical systems and now on the desktop.
Wim Coekaerts said: "By building all of our products on Linux, we have decreased our own development costs, increased productivity, and gained greater insight into what our customers experience running Oracle on Linux. This has enabled Linux to be more responsive and anticipated customer needs, he added.
The global migration of Oracle's core development team to Linux illustrates the momentum it has gained in the enterprise is a testament to Oracles ongoing investment in the operating system.
More importantly, Oracles' support for Linux is helping organisations realise the benefits of low-cost, standards-based hardware. This commitment is evidenced through a number of Oracle initiatives, including strategic partnerships with key Linux providers, Red Hat, Novell, Miracle Linux and Red Flag.
A 6,000-plus global support team that provides complete technical support to Oracle customers running on Linux.
The Oracle Linux Kernel Group, a team dedicated 24 hours and seven days to working with Linux vendors, providing fixes and developing new functionality to directly benefit the Linux community.
The Oracle Linux and open source developer centres providing developers with access to source codes and Oracle on Linux via the such technology network.