Re: JESS: Hello To Jess User Group and How Is Jess Doing?

2011-01-02 Thread Edson Tirelli
Hi, I will abstain myself from discussing Drools specific features in this list, in respect to the other users and due to my involvement with the other project, but I can tell you that if your bias is towards Jess, go for it. As we all know it is an excellent engine, and if we look at the

Re: JESS: Hello To Jess User Group and How Is Jess Doing?

2011-01-02 Thread Peter Lin
edson is a member of drools team for those who don't know. On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 6:01 PM, dc tech dctech1...@gmail.com wrote: Thank's Edson. Will check it out. Drools seems to have come a long compared to when I last looked at it - given that you have a foot in both camps, any wisdom and

Re: JESS: Hello To Jess User Group and How Is Jess Doing?

2011-01-02 Thread dc tech
Edson/Wolfgang: Thank you very much for your inputs. Agree on the evaluation criteria - that the list of questions can be long and deep - and to be honest, I am not sure what those might be. Clearly, the approach to the ecosystem, support model and costs, skills sets etc. all play a role in

Re: JESS: Hello To Jess User Group and How Is Jess Doing?

2011-01-02 Thread Edson Tirelli
I thought I was clear in my message when I wrote: Being a Drools developer... But thanks Peter, anyway. Edson 2011/1/1 Peter Lin wool...@gmail.com: edson is a member of drools team for those who don't know. On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 6:01 PM, dc tech dctech1...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: JESS: Hello To Jess User Group and How Is Jess Doing?

2011-01-02 Thread James Owen
Edson et al: I rarely get involved with this kind of thing but since there are more than 10 emails on the same subject and since Mark Proctor, Edson Tirelli and Dr. Friedman-Hill really shouldn't be drawn into the discussion due to a conflict of interest matter, and my friend and fellow

Re: JESS: Hello To Jess User Group and How Is Jess Doing?

2011-01-02 Thread Ernest Friedman-Hill
On Jan 2, 2011, at 4:19 PM, James Owen wrote: Jess comes with source code for an extra $100 but commercial applications have to be worked out with Sandia Labs. Unfortunately, Jess is NOT available (legally) outside the USA but is totally free (with source code) to military, government