Chairman and Chief Executive Larry Ellison said Oracle was seeking to solve key problems that have held back the development of Linux among big corporate customers.

"Oracle is announcing full support for Red Hat Linux," Ellison told the OracleWorld conference in San Francisco. "The goal is to enhance and speed the adoption of Linux."

"Our support costs less than half what Red Hat charges," he added.

Linux is the most-popular variant of open-source software, which allows developers to share code in order to focus on creating new features themselves. Software like Linux allows customers to use programs for free, paying only for custom features, maintenance and technical support.

"This is capitalism, we are competing. We are trying to offer a better product at a lower price," said Ellison.

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