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Code Modification: The Open Source Database Straw Man
Apr 4, 2008, 00 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (2968 reads)

(Other stories by Matthew Aslett)

"It is interesting to read RedmondDeveloper News's take on Oracle's attitude to open source this morning, especially this paragraph quoting Monica Kumar, Oracle's senior director for Linux and open source product marketing:

"''We haven't seen our customers asking for open source databases,' she told me. 'Not many customers are interested in looking into the code and mucking around with it, and making changes to it. All they care about is 'give me the best support, give me the lowest price of entry'.' For that Kumar pointed to Oracle Express...'"

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