A little off-topic but... what is the interest for large company like Oracle to pay employees on such research effort ? What is the value added for the company ? real product ? or keeping links with advanced research and maintaining high level of knowledge in the company?
Oracle owns Java, so has a direct reason to be interested in compiler tech, and other parts of the software suite also would benefit from similar types of fuzzing (e.g. their query processing for the database).
But apart from the direct value, there's a huge value in keeping high paid staff motivated and sharpening their skills of course, on top of the good will it creates among potential hires.
