Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition One and HP ProLiant Deliver Highest Performance per Processor of any TPC-C Result ever Published REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- News Facts Today, Oracle announced a new world record TPC-C benchmark for a two-socket system with Oracle(R) Database 11g Standard Edition One running on Oracle Enterprise Linux,(1) demonstrating the superior enterprise-class performance, scalability and flexibility of Oracle Database for customers of all sizes.

Yahoo! Inc is still using Red Hat Inc's Linux software and support, despite claims to the contrary by Oracle Corp chief executive Larry Ellison earlier this week.

Oracle Corp has won Yahoo Inc's Linux support business from under the nose of Red Hat Inc, which actually makes the software, according to Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison. The claim came during Oracle's third fiscal quarter earnings announcement yesterday afternoon.

After Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the offensive in a price war against Red Hat Inc. (RHAT), investors sold the latter software company's stock more than 26% on Oct. 26.

By Anne Krishnan, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Oct. 26--For years, Red Hat has dominated mostly unknown software rivals. But today, the Raleigh-based company begins competing against an opponent 50 times its size.