Oracle Corp. is considering launching its own Linux operating system and has looked at buying one of the main suppliers of open-source technology, Chief Executive Larry Ellison told a newspaper on Monday.
Such a move by the world’s top supplier of database management software into open source operating systems and applications would propel Oracle into sectors of the software industry where it has never directly competed.
It would also step up competition with rivals ranging from . Microsoft Corp to IBM to Red Hat and dozens of up and coming open-source start-ups, analysts said.