Eric, I don't think it is fair to call somebody who accepts the Jigsaw
project's decision a "Jigsaw fan."  I can't speak for anybody else,
but I don't see their decision as a partisan issue.  The engineers
with the fingers on the keyboard seem like reasonable people, and they
say that this is the best decision for their circumstances (technical
and deadline), so I accept that.  Its not an issue of rooting for not-
OSGI v.s. OSGI for me.  I'm sure others feel this way as well.

Thanks.

On Jul 1, 6:52 pm, Eric Newcomer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Thanks very much.  In the end I realized I over reacted, and the right thing
> was to take it down. I also appreciate where things are right now, i.e. in a
> better conversation.
>
> One of the things Dick said about this (paraphrasing) was that it might have
> been different if I had a better experience with the community.  After
> following Java Posse discussions for a while now I agree that's the case.
>
> It can sometimes be difficult to identify business/political motivations in
> technical discussions, and I think Dick also was right to say some folks
> posting to the list were just trying to score political points. I would say
> this was what triggered my over-reaction.
>
> One thing I would like to say in terms of a comment on this topic is that I
> think everyone recognizes the goals of Jigsaw as being valid, and I don't
> blame anyone for being a fan of Jigsaw.  But many of its goals have already
> been achieved in OSGi, and I would hope that the Jigsaw fans can understand
> why those of us who had invested in OSGi before Jigsaw was started raise the
> question of why OSGi was not used as the starting point.  I know that the
> Jigsaw folks replied to these points, but I think it's also understandable
> to question the replies, given the historical rivalry of Sun vs IBM over the
> future of Java, and the use of OSGi in Eclipse.
>
> Eric
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Bill Robertson 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Eric,
>
> > You took some heat for posting this in the first place, so I think its
> > only fair that you be recognized for doing the right thing.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> > On Jun 30, 9:19 am, Eric <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I took this down.  Apologies for the over- reaction.
>
> > > Eric
>
> > > On Jun 26, 5:24 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > >http://modualrit.blogspot.com/2009/06/jigsaw-posse.html
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