At 09:50 23.03.2002 -0500, you wrote: >On 3/22/02 12:19 PM, "James Strachan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A thought struck me today which is probably totally obvious to folk but I > > thought I'd share it anyways. Sun gets pots of cash from companies who > > develop J2EE compliant software from the J2EE license fees. So its in Sun's > > interest to protect the BEA's, IBM's and their own J2EE products. The money > > they get is based on revenue of the company (so thats quite a lot of money > > from BEA & IBM). > > > > The money-men at Sun probably see open source J2EE solutions as lost > revenue > > to possible commercial J2EE solutions so when folks like JBoss come along > > they see it as in Sun's interest to not certify them to protect their J2EE > > licence revenue nest egg. > > > > Though with the .NET competition now I think its in their interest to > > protect their J2EE market place by allowing open source solutions; > otherwise > > long term folks will just move away from J2EE. > >I think that it gets even worse for us - it's my understanding that since >the J2EE licensees had to pay pots for the license, bring open-source-able >JSR's into that umbrella will dilute the value of the licenses they own. >Therefore, it's conceivable that would be a motivation to oppose the opening >of the J2EE API's.
This well may be case. It is pure speculation nonetheless. Or do you know something I don't? First, we don't know how much money Sun gets from licensing. Second, the price of the license will drop if independent implementations are allowed. For App Servers, I think the barrier of entry is in the difficulty implementating the spec not in the licensing. It's going to be JBoss, Weblogic, and Webspere for a long time. As such, BEA and IBM will be thrilled to see a lower price -- assuming the price was high. Again, my claims are long on speculation and short on facts. -- Ceki My link of the month: http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/standardization/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
