From: timr@cerrera.uk.sun.com (Tim Read - Sun Linlithgow - Principal SE and DB Specialist)
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
Subject: Re: HP or Sun for Oracle
Date: 10 Oct 1994 09:10:08 GMT
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----> Paul Beardsell
And I'm interested:  what legitimate reason could Oracle have to show
Sun its source code?  And vice versa.  Do they do out of a spirit of
openness?

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So that both parties can tune their products w.r.t the other and thereby 
optimise the overall performance. 

Tim
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