I agree. Mind meld. MG
On Feb 14, 2011, at 2:02 AM, Calum Shaw-Mackay wrote: > > On 14 Feb 2011, at 05:29, MICHAEL MCGRADY wrote: > >> I think that the original vision needs to be revisited and River needs to >> see if that vision has been realized or not. There might be no point in >> going further. Further and further and further is not the point. The point >> today is what is the point? > > I agree for the most part with this, but given that the Jini 2.1 starter kit > was released over 5 years ago, and we're now looking to 2.1.2, I believe that > without a clear roadmap, or indeed some ideas that can be explored, Jini > will be going no further anyway. So I think my version is more like 'The > point today is what has been stalling us?', and I understand the upheaval and > the like with the move from Sun to Apache stewardship, but this alone cannot > account for nearly five years of near stagnation. > > The development arena of 5 years ago is different from the one of today, > irrespective of the original vision, there has to be a view of how we make > Jini and River relevant today, to drive adoption and new blood, and we cannot > do this unless at least some part of the community is willing to look > outside, see where the trends and issues are, and begin to discuss where > River can augment or help with those trends and issues, and then at some > point actually do it. > > --Calum Michael McGrady Chief Architect Topia Technology, Inc. Cel 1.253.720.3365 Work 1.253.572.9712 extension 2037 [email protected]
