On 29 November 2010 15:09, Erik Trimble <erik.trim...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 11/29/2010 5:48 AM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote: >> >> On 29 November 2010 08:22, Mark Wielaard<m...@klomp.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 20:06 -0800, Erik Trimble wrote: >>>> >>>> Oh, and a corporate plug here: if you buy an Oracle support contract >>>> for the JDK, you get access to all builds and the special "secret sauce" >>>> source code, including for all Updates. >>>> >>>> So, open that wallet, and dump out the contents... >>> >>> Do you mean that by getting a support contract for the JDK you will then >>> get access to this source code under free terms? So it will then be >>> possible to add this source code to OpenJDK and/or redistribute it under >>> the GPL? That would be awesome! Then those who contribute to the OpenJDK >>> community source code can share as equals. If so, then maybe we should >>> see if we can raise some money to get access to such a support contract >>> to liberate the last remaining binary plugs. >> >> I don't think so. It sounds more like an insidious attempt to get >> more people working on (and tainted by) the proprietary code base and >> hardly appropriate for the OpenJDK mailing lists. >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mark > > OK, first off, there's no attempt by me here to coerce anyone into doing > anything they don't want to. I'm not interested in "recruiting" or anything > else; I was offering an option. The last part of my post should have clued > everyone in to the not-super-serious tone of the message; i.e. a support > contract isn't cheap, by any means. > > The reason I even added this post was that the OP (Denis) had asked about > continued access to Windows binaries builds after JDK 7.
Actually, he asked about 'OpenJDK 7 Windoze (sic) Binaries' which, as Dalibor stated, Oracle doesn't produce even now. > Meaning, he was > interested in getting continued binary builds of the development work. An > Oracle Support Contract is one way to continue to get access to JDK 7 > Windows binary builds after JDK 7 goes GA. > That's your interpretation; from the website listed in Denis' e-mail, where OpenJDK6 Windows binaries are available, my guess would be that he was considering whether or not to start offering OpenJDK7 Windows builds. > > Of course, others who build a binary OpenJDK7-based product should also > speak up here, because I certainly can't speak to what other companies than > Oracle offer that might be of help to Denis. > > > I realize this is a technical list, so I'm not going to pursue this further. > Agreed. > > -- > > Erik Trimble > Java System Support > Mailstop: usca22-123 > Phone: x17195 > Santa Clara, CA > > -- Andrew :-) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net PGP Key: 94EFD9D8 (http://subkeys.pgp.net) Fingerprint: F8EF F1EA 401E 2E60 15FA 7927 142C 2591 94EF D9D8
