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Subject: Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:22:02 +0200
"Adrian Penisoara" <ady@freebsd.ady.ro> wrote:

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> > 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"


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