My take is that this acquisition is more about Hyperic than it is about SpringSource. SpringSource acquired them this spring (no pun intended):
http://www.springsource.com/newsevents/springsource-acquires-hyperic-unify-dev On Aug 14, 2:01 pm, Josh Long <[email protected]> wrote: > This economy makes for strange bedfellows.. > > I couldn't see how JBoss (professional open source JEE rebel ) and > RedHat (old guard Linux) were compatible at first blush, either. In > fact, at first it felt like the angle was the 'rebel' thing more than > the synergistic software.. > > I think that's the point - there's no common overlap. This is a chance > for both sides to expand into markets. That we're so accustomed to > thinking of them in their respective roles as they are shows how good > they were - what, after all, could they possibly be missing? > > Taking the example even further (perhaps perilously so): > > Microsoft provided the platform (Windows) and added services (.NET) > Sun provided the platform (Solaris, Sparc, etc) and added services (Java) > NeXT provided the platform (Next) and added services (WebObjects) > RedHat provided the platform (RH Linux) and added services (JBoss) > VMWare provided the platform (any platform, anywhere, in any number) > and has added services (Spring) > > Thanks, > Joshua Longhttp://www.joshlong.com/ > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Eric Newcomer<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well at least VMware will be assured of a supplier for their Osgi > > based management console for Vcloud... > > > Eric > > > On 8/10/09, kibitzer <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Must admit, I can't see how these two companies are at all compatible. > >> Not from a product offering or a development mindset perspective. > >> Very, very odd. > > > -- > > Sent from my mobile device --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
