RIF stands for reduction in force--a euphemism for mass firings. When are we going to hear from Sun on this?
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Yazel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Future of Java Media > Well open source would be disaster for a lot of people, including me. Not > only would the quality slip, service die and future progress drag to a > complete stop, but it would seriously curtail the creation of commercial > products. I wish one of the Sun people would comment on this. > > What is a RIF anyway? > > David Yazel > htttp://www.cosm-game.com/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Terrazas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:23 PM > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Future of Java Media > > > I have no links. I am just going on private conversations. The RIF > pertains to all of the > Java Media API's from my understanding. If someone has more info, please > forward. > > One reason that I am concerned is that I have nearly completed my book on > Java Media > API's--if there is a major brain drain of the Media API's--well I think you > can see > the potential problems. > > So, what I understand is that there will be a much smaller group developing > Java3D. > This will probably delay the release of v. 1.4. > > Once we get the whole story, we can start to see where to go from here. I > really don't > know how serious the situation is but I would like to see some info... > > This may be a good time to ask, "when is Java3D going open source".... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion list for Java 3D API > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yazel, David J. > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Future of Java Media > > > I had not heard this. Is this in reference to the 2D stuff, or is there > some danger to the future of Java3d? Can you post some links? > > Dave Yazel > -----Original Message----- > From: Alejandro Terrazas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 5:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [JAVA3D] Future of Java Media > > > Hello-- > > I have heard from reliable sources that the Java Media APIs are > dramatically cutting back and RIFing many talented people. > At first this would seem really bad but in thinking about it > I know that much opportunity comes out of these situations. > > Two things I would like to see discussed are: > > 1) Can someone at Sun (perhaps Mike Schullman) fill us in on > what is happening? These changes affect all of us and > we should not be kept in the dark about the future > plans. > > 2) Any entrepreneurs out there have some ideas of > how we can make lemonade out of these lemons? > > I would like to wish all of those who lost their jobs > the best. There are many fine people among those > and I am sure you will all land on your feet in a > big way. > > Alex > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
