Well that's interesting... actually I hadn't heard of this Sponsor programme before! As I said, Oracle already supports Eclipse by paying large annual dues. These sponsors seem to be companies that voluntarily give even *more* money to the Foundation.
Neil On May 11, 4:42 am, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote: > "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: > > > > 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.
