internetnews.com: Wim Coekaerts, Director of Linux Engineering, Oracle [Interview]

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"Q: Why isn't Oracle a member of the OSDL?

"Let's just say that one part of the OSDL is trying to represent businesses to the Linux community. I know that a number of the members aren't heavily involved in Linux but still are members.

"We basically know where to go. We have a good relationship directly with people in the Linux community. We have all our partners. So there is no immediate advantage to being a member for us..."

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