Hi Richard/Rob/Mike, Thanks for providing such a comprehensive thought over it, I really appreciate.
Regards, Sonty On May 25, 4:44 am, Richard Pascual <richg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rob, > > Probably the adage: ESID (Every Situation is Different) applies in your > dispute and my observation together. We both most likely are accurate in our > assessments of Oracle developer communities throughout the many > organizations that have adopted the platform and its many products. It was > too easy for me to speak for the _entire_ Oracle developer community even > when I have probably only seen a small sliver of it through my own > experiences. If you have been fortunate enough to work in shops that embrace > open source and its spirit, congratulations. I, have not (yet) but am glad > to hear that its concept is alive and well out there. > > Rich Pascual > > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM, rob wolfe <rob.wo...@oraclegeeks.com>wrote: > > > sonty, > > > It has been my experience that open source projects that are successful > > usually come about as a result of a developer having a particular itch that > > he wants to scratch and not finding any product that he likes sufficiently > > or not finding a product that he can afford to license. For instance i > > periodically get the bee in my bonnet to come up with a BI toolset that is > > easier on the nerves and better integrated and more intuitive than the ones > > that are currently out there. Have never progressed past the wireframe on > > the UI stage and a few use cases yet but you never know ... > > > "an open source PL/SQL API" isn't such a project because it is hopelessly > > open ended. Now something like "an open source PL/SQL code generator for > > data loads" would be a possibility (yeah, yeah, i know that is what OWB > > basically is). > > > As to the comment from Richard about it possibly not being legal I think > > that is not likely. There are open source Matlab libraries as well as open > > source Excel macro libraries. There has been, to my knowledge, no court > > willing to grant a language vendor control over what can be done with the > > language although there are issues with distributing vendor supplied > > libraries and of course the usual copyright/patent issues that we all have > > everyday. > > > Another point that I want to dispute is that the community of Oracle > > developers is somehow hostile to open source. I think that those of us that > > have been doing it for a while (25 years in my case) have also been keen > > advocates of open source not least because Oracle IS a not insignificant > > expense for our companies and thus we want to be able to stretch the rest of > > our budgets as far as we can. Not to mention that we like to keep our > > non-oracle chops sharp and working with open source tools and being part of > > the community is a great way to do that. > > > Rob > > > On 5/23/2011 12:21 PM, Michael Moore wrote: > > > Sonty, > > > I'm not really seeing how an Open Source effort could accomplish your > > goal. > > Mike > > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:03 AM, sonty <saurabh.zen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi Mentors, > > >> I am willing to initiate a process to create and share some plsql > >> apis, which can be used as an open source apis like java open source > >> apis. > > >> As in Open Source, these APIs will be available free to use to > >> everyone, and, these code will enable us to write more efficient code > >> way ahead of our deadlines. > > >> These code could be submitted by anyone and worked on by any other > >> member of the group. > >> Also, we can have reviews done by senior people in the group so that > >> these codes become really of some use. > > >> Rob, Mike, David....I request you guys to please guide me to achieve > >> the same. > > >> Could you please provide me with the feedback for this idea? > > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Sonty > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to Oracle-PLSQL@googlegroups.com > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> oracle-plsql-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/Oracle-PLSQL?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. > > To post to this group, send email to Oracle-PLSQL@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > oracle-plsql-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/Oracle-PLSQL?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. > > To post to this group, send email to Oracle-PLSQL@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > oracle-plsql-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/Oracle-PLSQL?hl=en > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. 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