-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan,
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > I simply pointed out that the reasoning offered for wanting to remove > the @author tags was quite tenuous, to say the least. You did more than that... you went on to bash the project and its current members, which was completely unnecessary. What I can't understand is why such a hater is on the development mailing list. >> JSP still dominates the world of enterprise Java. [snip] > > That's a rhetorical question, I hope. I mean, we both know that the > reason that JSP is so dominant is marketing/placement. I can't see what > fruitful discussion can be had about that. It's certainly not marketing, but definitely placement. People use JSP for the same reasons they use Microsoft Internet Explorer, Media Player, and Outlook Express... because they are there and it's easier to use them instead of finding something better. > However, that does not make it justifiable for people to be trying to > mislead others about the true state of [Velocity]. Other people, if the > state of the project is honestly disclosed, may decide that they prefer > to depend on something that really is being actively maintained and > developed. To what are you objecting? The fact that Velocity advertises itself as an "active" project? That just means that it hasn't been completely dropped on the floor. I actually appreciate the conservative movement of this project. I don't have to worry about upgrading to another version every few months just because someone out there had an esoteric itch to scratch. IMO the maintainers of the project believe that the product as it stands is powerful, robust, and efficient enough to be useful. There's no need for a kitchen sink because the product is darned good in its current state. (Note that, lately, there have been some folks looking into some performance issues, which I think is a good thing... but that's not going to change any features... just performance of existing ones). - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGPyAx9CaO5/Lv0PARAlOsAJ422+3oWqhx+nxiqqQh77CuMS+FjQCeJkeK uD3Yqk/lzf+7OhB9UV6WaKw= =M/4x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
