On 02/21/2011 08:01 PM, Kelly O'Hair wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:29 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: > >> On 02/18/2011 10:09 PM, Kelly O'Hair wrote: >> >>> It is clear to us that we cannot make the system entirely "open", >>> but we can provide a kind of portal >>> (I hate that word), or view (a better word) into what is happening. >>> Exposing what we legally can and >>> hopefully providing enough information to make the system work for >>> everyone. >>> >>> So what do you think? Any opinions out there? >> >> This sounds like a big step forward, and a great way to show everyone >> that Oracle is determined to work with the community. > > We recognize that a model where all changes must be shepherded through > by an Oracle employee > will not scale, so we are being motivated by a bit by how we can make > it a true community > contribution situation and also not overload the Oracle engineers with > needless shepherding tasks.
That's very encouraging. This sounds like a very innovative approach to working with the community, given that you have a half-open, half-closed development environment. I hope we don't get too many "No, you can't do that, but I'm not allowed to tell you why" situations. Andrew.
