OWB and ODI merger in 12g

Just wondering if anyone has any insight on how Oracle is preparing to include OWB funcationality into ODI 12g and when it will be available?
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: D-Hawk on Jan 22, 2013 9:17 AM

The ODI and OWB teams were consolidated a couple of years back and we have been very busy - busy with a lot of work in the ODI 11g release including a lot of features for BI Applications and very busy with the ODI 12c release - incorporating lots of cool stuff!
The statement of direction published by Oracle is below, in the meantime from the inside
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/data-integrator/overview/sod-1-134268.pdf
Cheers
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