Sam Ruby wrote: > P.S. Food for thought: wouldn't it be nice if we could somehow merge xml > and Jakarta? Then discussions as to where POI should go would be moot. > Gump doesn't care about these arbitrary distinctions, why should we?
The thing with XML is that core products like Xerces are cross-platform. I'm not sure if I'm ready for the equation Jakarta != Java Thinking about it more carefully, I would venture to say that POI (along with Battick, FOP, and Xang) may belong under Jakarta. But I'm not sure that we want to say that Jakarta != Java or XML==Java. I do think it might be helpful to drop the "server" stipulation from the Jakarta charter. I realized that we are all born of the HTTPD Apache server, but I think the ASF is growing past that. Jakarta should be about the development of open source products on the Java platform. And the ASF should be about promoting meritocratic development, regardless of what it has any ties to the Apache HTTPD. This coincides nicely with the other ASF projects, which are also based around given languages, like PHP. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA. -- Building Java web applications with Struts. -- Tel +1 585 737-3463. -- Web http://www.husted.com/struts/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
