Oracle, a Firm That Sells Commercial ERP and Database Products

question 12

Multiple Choice

Oracle, a firm that sells commercial ERP and database products, provides Linux for free, selling high-margin Linux support contracts for as much as five hundred thousand dollars. Oracle's motivation for this lies in:

• A) accelerating the shift of open source software towards a proprietary regime.
• B) using open source software to fuel sales of hardware.
• C) impoverishing other open source developers and furthering its own proprietary offerings.
• D) using open source software to wean customers away from competitors.
• E) protecting itself from the risks of distributing code while unaware of legal implications.

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Definitions:

Major Organic Product

The foremost compound produced in a chemical reaction, characterized by being the most abundant.

Outcome

The result or consequence of a particular process, often used to describe the end result of a chemical reaction.

No Reaction

A condition where no chemical change occurs between reactants under specified circumstances.

Reaction

A process in which one or more substances are changed into others by reorganization of constituent atoms.