Hi,
On 31 Oct 2014, at 5:01 pm, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
Avi, you have a history of making good technical contributions to LUV and of representing your employer well. However I think that Oracle has been under- represented given their technical work and their importance in the industry.
This is true, and something the Oracle Linux product marketing team is looking to address in 2015.
I think that it would be good to have some Oracle employees give talks at LUV meetings as they are doing a lot that LUV members could learn about. Avi you are obviously well qualified to give such talks, but I think it would be good to get other Oracle employees with different skills involved too. A lecture about running the Oracle Database on Linux would be of interest.
We've been declined in the past talking about non-Open Source products like Database in spaces like LUV. I don't recall if it was specifically LUV, but I know that previous attempts to do similar style presentations have not been well-received.
Also Red Hat has been running free public events teaching people about their products and services which I have found to be good value (and I have recommended some on this list). Does Oracle run such events?
Oracle runs lots and lots of free seminars and events in Melbourne and around Australia. However, most of those events are focused on the Oracle product stack and have little to no Open Source "worth" (for want of a better word).
Some years ago there was an Oracle database install-fest, that was a useful event and many people learned a lot there. I think it would be good if Oracle ran another of those, if that happens I think it would be appropriate for LUV to promote that.
If you're interested in things like install-fests and other Oracle-product related seminars, I would urge you to join AUSOUG[1],the Australian Oracle User Group. There is also NZOUG which runs a great conference each year (that I've spoken at several times). Essentially, the audience at LUV I suspect is not the target market for Oracle-focused presentations as they tend to be about proprietary products. Though, I'm absolutely willing to come and talk about developments and improvements within Oracle Linux itself. Cheers, Avi [1] http://www.ausoug.org.au/pages