Big Blue says "no" to Oracle: Matt Asay over in the Open Sources blog notes that IBM, for the time being, isn't ready to promise users that its software will run on Oracle's brand of Linux, despite Oracle's claims that its Linux is just like Red Hat's. But Matt, he knows Red Hat Linux. He's worked with Red Hat Linux. Oracle Linux, he declares: You're no Red Hat Linux. Acrobat aggravation: In its efforts to battl Big Blue says “no” to Oracle: Matt Asay over in the Open Sources blog notes that IBM, for the time being, isn’t ready to promise users that its software will run on Oracle’s brand of Linux, despite Oracle’s claims that its Linux is just like Red Hat’s. But Matt, he knows Red Hat Linux. He’s worked with Red Hat Linux. Oracle Linux, he declares: You’re no Red Hat Linux.Acrobat aggravation: In its efforts to battle software piracy, Adobe may have gone a bit too far with its DRM implementation, judging by an anecdote shared by GripeLine blog Ed Foster. A reader wrote in about his trials and tribulations getting Adobe Acrobat to stay activated on his systems and the pains of getting unhelpful support from the company. “If the DRM is going to be phoning home periodically anyway, there’s no reason it has to be tied to specific hardware components of your system,” Foster concludes. Tell him what you think.Will Dell deliver the Linux goods? Geek in Paradise John Kuo notes the Dell customers have called for the company to ship some of its systems loaded with free versions of Linux — Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE — as well as other open-source wares. Dell already ships Linux on systems in China. Heck, the company has tried to selling Linux-loaded systems before in the U.S., but soon gave up. Will it work this time around? Technology Industry