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Why Oracle Isn't Part of the OSDL
darthcamaro writes "Some may wonder why OSDL, the self-proclaimed center of gravity for the Linux Universe and employer of Linus Torvalds, does not include Oracle as a member. Well, in a recent interview Wim Coekaerts, Director of Linux Engineering at Oracle has spelled it out in no uncertain terms. From the article: 'The thing that was really kind of revolting is that OSDL goes out and basically says that they represent the Linux community while there is no direct feedback line back to the community.'"
This article is pretty frustrating, as it still gives no answers why Oracle is not a member of ODSL and why they should be? As far as I know Oracle makes database and middleware tools, wich is pretty distinct from operating system kernels. Maybe they require some specific kernel modules to get some better performance in some instances, but does that require them to be a memberof ODSL?
So in the end i think the PR department scored another media exposure without any news.
This space is intentionally staring blankly at you
I also wonder, why isn't Apple or Microsoft in?
Hey, not even the great Stallman is part of the OSDL. So, that would mean he's in the same bracket?
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
I don't think they are actually, not at the level that Oracle really cares about.
In the past five years I've worked for two corporations, and the software we developed was targetted at Oracle, MsSQL and Sybase (more or less in that order). The software was for other large corporations in the telecom and finance industries and most enhancements/bugs/so on were coming on the Oracle side.
Business entities at that level pay lots of money for (Oracle) software and I'm not sure they even look at MySql as a viable alternative.
Maybe that's just the ones I've come in contact with, though...
Tie two birds together: although they have four wings, they cannot fly. (The blind man)