Hi Steven, There's no such thing as a "Gold partner", however Oracle is already a Strategic Developer member of the Eclipse Foundation, meaning they pay annual dues of $250,000 and pay 8 or more full time developers to work on Eclipse projects.
Regards, Neil. On May 9, 9:58 am, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if it'll be joined by Oracle becoming a Gold partner with the > Eclipse Foundation or the like? > > On May 7, 5:34 am, Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I need to re-read the announcement then. > > > Kirk > > > On May 6, 2011, at 6:23 PM, Neil Bartlett wrote: > > > >> ... > > >> It's just funny that Jenkins splits from Hudson because Oracle > > >> miscommunicates with the community and then Oracle dumps it into the EF > > >> with no visible consultation with the what was left of the community.... > > > > They haven't done anything, yet. They've *proposed* to donate it... > > > nothing will actually happen for months. So, this IS the consultation > > > with the community. > > > > Neil > > > >> On May 6, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Neil Bartlett wrote: > > > >>>> I'm just scratching my head trying to figure out why the Eclipse > > >>>> Foundation would be considered a good landing spot for a project that > > >>>> is very far away from all of the other projects there. > > > >>> Well then Kirk, look again at the projects that are currently hosted > > >>> at Eclipse. Hudson will fit in very well... especially once it runs on > > >>> top of OSGi (Equinox), uses embedded Jetty (also Eclipse project) and > > >>> it integrates with Mylyn (Eclipse project) and JGit/EGit (both Eclipse > > >>> projects). > > > >>> Cheers, > > >>> Neil > > > >>> The only thing I can come up with is that they are hoping to piggyback > > >>> on the success of the Eclipse IDE. It all seems like a reaction to > > >>> Jenkins. > > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Kirk > > > >>>> On May 5, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Phil wrote: > > > >>>>> I caught this earlier today. I hope it is viewed as a positive move, > > >>>>> not least because Oracle have in effect agreed, eventually, with those > > >>>>> who created Jenkins. Ideally this would be the beginning of a > > >>>>> reconciliation and 'join'. > > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>>>> Groups "The Java Posse" group. > > >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>>>> [email protected]. > > >>>>> For more options, visit this group > > >>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>> Groups "The Java Posse" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]. > > >>> For more options, visit this group > > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
