Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:42:49 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@freebsd.ady.ro> Cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ? Message-ID: <20080307224249.5e1a46db@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <78cb3d3f0803071122s74ef2075p8b5f761dd5e8b0ad@mail.gmail.com> References: <78cb3d3f0803070636l38ca7683t24235efd8f989c67@mail.gmail.com> <20080307161415.g9vgql0xcscgkkco@webmail.leidinger.net> <20080307184427.5a005ef9@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <78cb3d3f0803071122s74ef2075p8b5f761dd5e8b0ad@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_/9gmZEMP79_OQ5L8G2lnL+2e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:22:02 +0200 "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@freebsd.ady.ro> wrote: [ .. ] > > Ady, BTW, after we have the port and, with some test cases provided > > by people that run it, can we hope for any kind of (semi-)official > > support ? > > =20 >=20 > Not so fast (TM) :-). >=20 > 1). I am talking about the Oracle XE package for which Oracle does > not offer any commercial support (except for Forum discussions). >=20 > 2). Usually everything comes down to business cases and business > opportunities. So I think we will need to demonstrate a large > userbase in order to get attention. I think we should be happy if an > Oracle XE FreeBSD package will make it onto the downloads page in the > first place. Yep, this is what I was thinking about for the beginning at least. --=20 IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" --Sig_/9gmZEMP79_OQ5L8G2lnL+2e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfRqM8ACgkQBX6fi0k6KXtMkQCcDXAEFqmIvUfRFe07qaHW7poN vPUAoMJSMaSioGgpnIsfJRnTxQDme9F1 =eugg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/9gmZEMP79_OQ5L8G2lnL+2e--
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