On Dec 11, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Craig Kelley wrote: > Strange that Oracle takes this seriously, but not everything preceding > it. It would seem that they only care about open Java when a > significant group is at stake. > > Apache and Google are huge parts of the Java ecosystem. If they (A&O) > decided to back a new horse (C# anyone?) it would cripple Java > adoption going forward. NHibernate is already a bifurcated example of > how things could possibly go...
I'm not sure if you know how the ASF works. We don't "back" anything in particular. If 10 people share a common interest and want to start working on a project the Apache Incubator will welcome them provided that they are willing to follow ASF rules and the project doesn't significantly overlap something an existing project. The original Apache project, the HTTPD server, is written in C. Java projects came along simply because people started creating them. > > Java has needed strong leadership for some time now. I think it's > becoming clear that Oracle is the wrong kind of strong leadership. Why do you think Java needs strong leadership? If Java 6 was the last release ever would it really matter? What would be great is an organization that only deals in managing truly open specifications. Ralph -- 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.
