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what's in it for Oracle?

• artursapek 9y ago
  some goodwill. Microsoft earned a lot of with all of the open sourcing they've been doing in the last few years.
  • nickhalfasleep 9y ago
    Microsoft is clawing it's way back into the agile stacks as a way to sell it's cloud services to small shops. I don't think Oracle really aims for startups or less than $10mil/year companies right now. They sell on the golf course, not the meetup or con presentation.
  • cyphar 9y ago
    To paraphrase Bryan Cantrill, don't fall into the trap of anthropomorphising Larry Ellison. Your lawnmower doesn't care about community goodwill either.
    • artursapek 9y ago
      What? I'm saying it matters in the community of developers - and it does.
      • cyphar 9y ago
        My point is that "showing goodwill" is not something that makes sense within Oracle (at least that's what I've heard). I agree that acting correctly to a community is the right thing to do, but that doesn't mean it's something that Oracle will do.