"Gold Sponsor" then.  http://www.eclipse.org/corporate_sponsors/

You can win my pedant award for the week.

On May 10, 7:18 am, Neil Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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:
>
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>
> > 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'.
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