Perhaps--Perhaps not:
Ellison said that adding major Linux distribution, such as Novell's SUSE version, was important to fleshing out his $11.8 billion company's current software "stack," or inventory. The goal would be to offer both an operating system and associated programs that would better compete with longtime market dominator Microsoft Windows.
"We're missing an operating system. You could argue that it makes a lot of sense for us to look at distributing and supporting Linux," Ellison said, adding that Oracle had recently considered buying the $1.2 billion Novell to quickly fill its product line gap.
FYI "had" and "considered" are past tense. They may now release their own version, probably based on a free copy of RH or SUSE, or sell support like Microsoft is now doing. But investing any significant money to buy the "rights" is foolish, as Ellison pointed out since everyone is just making free copies of it anyway.