[pydotorg-www] [PSF-Members] Fwd: http://www.python.org/psf/members/ need updating

[Steve Holden]

On May 2, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Jessica McKellar wrote:

>> Overall we want as many sponsors as we can get, but Oracle don't really seem
>> to be that much of a team player, so without evidence of a revised attitude
>> I'd be inclined to just let them go. A relationship with Oracle seems too
>> much like hard work.
> 
> Jesse, I'd be interested in a brain dump off-list on our Oracle
> contacts and what the relationship has been like so far.
> 
> I work at Oracle, in the Linux and Virtualization group. I'd like to
> see Oracle supporting the PSF and would be happy to develop some new
> relationships from the inside. The company is so big that we may just
> be talking to the wrong people; my group was certainly happy to spend
> money on getting folks to PyCon.


Jessica:

I'll be very happy if you can mend fences with Oracle. At least you can go in knowing that our experiences haven't been particularly happy so far ...

regards
 Steve
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