Oracle’s own Linux stack

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Apr 17, 20062 mins

Best of the blogs: Larry Ellison is talking up his thoughts about Oracle having its own Linux stack, as Dave Rosenberg points out in this post with a link to the Financial Times story. And Neil McAllister suggests how the stars may line up to inspire Oracle to acquire Red Hat, in Merged Red Hat and JBoss could be headed for a fall.

Test Center review: Mike Heck describes ClickTracks and HitsLink as “capable, easier-to-use, and more economical analysis tools.” For companies that don’t need specialized solutions, but still require sophisticated campaign tracking and visitor segmentation without a lot of cost or effort, “either HitsLink or ClickTracks fits well,” Heck writes. Read which one gets the better score here.

Security: Virus writers of the Bagle spam gang struck again and are sending a new spamming tool to thousands of hacked computers, researchers say. Hackers can download other malware to an infected machines that causes it to send out spam without the user’s knowledge.

The news beat: BEA warms to ColdFusion by licensing software that enables users to run CFML apps on WebLogic Server. Microsoft pushes into healthcare with a new initiative to improve services and reduce costs. And startup Cassatt extends virtualization management.