I first remember the term when Oracle ported themselves to Linux, began submitting patches, then began pushing Oracle on Linux to enterprises. Oracle's big rea

I first remember the term when Oracle ported themselves to Linux, began submitting patches, then began pushing Oracle on Linux to enterprises. Oracle's big reason for doing so was because they could charge more for Oracle on Linux, and still get to a lower total cost of ownership than Oracle on Solaris. Oracle began this in 1998. By 2006 they had their own Oracle Enterprise Linux distribution.