On May 2, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Jessica McKellar wrote: >> Overall we want as many sponsors as we can get, but Oracle don't really seem >> to be that much of a team player, so without evidence of a revised attitude >> I'd be inclined to just let them go. A relationship with Oracle seems too >> much like hard work. > > Jesse, I'd be interested in a brain dump off-list on our Oracle > contacts and what the relationship has been like so far. > > I work at Oracle, in the Linux and Virtualization group. I'd like to > see Oracle supporting the PSF and would be happy to develop some new > relationships from the inside. The company is so big that we may just > be talking to the wrong people; my group was certainly happy to spend > money on getting folks to PyCon.
Jessica: I'll be very happy if you can mend fences with Oracle. At least you can go in knowing that our experiences haven't been particularly happy so far ... regards Steve -- Steve Holden [email protected], Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ Current event: Open Django East May 18-19: http://opendjango.com/east/
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