Write Once Run Anywhere? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jboss-Development@Lists. Sourceforge. Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] That flaming fireball in the sky...
> Here's the full quote. What the hell is WORA? > > Marinescu: What is Sun's point of view in the debate over whether J2EE > licensing restricts open source J2EE products? > > Shannon: Sun participates in open source because it helps spark innovation, > improve software quality, and fosters community. The source code for the > J2EE reference implementation is made available publicly as part of the Sun > Community Source Licensing program. > > Sun supports open source developers because their efforts are consistent > with Sun's own computing vision which uses open standards and > non-proprietary interfaces. Sun's goal is to make our software as open as > possible while ensuring portability and WORA. > > Tegan: At the same time, having a strong brand and compatibility standards > are important to the development of a robust market for J2EE platform > products, tools, and components. The J2EE Compatible brand has achieved > significant momentum over the past two years, and we want to make sure that > any open source efforts don't impact the viability of that effort. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of marc > > fleury > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:16 AM > > To: Dain Sundstrom; Jboss-Development@Lists. Sourceforge. Net > > Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] That flaming fireball in the sky... > > > > > > ignore the noise, focus on the work > > > > marcf > > > > PS: I agree with your analysis, the "J2EE certified" brand is weaker for > > every download we have and we are not certified. Having the most > > downloaded > > server not certified takes a lot of credibility out of the brand. I was > > reading the forum this was posted on and found interesting to hear that > > people say JBoss has become a "defacto-standard" of sorts. I believe that > > statement to be true at least for the development. Look at the download > > numbers we have >50k month weblogic has 3k for their free > > version. For the > > production I am waiting for a report that takes into account > > "free" and "for > > pay" and counts "CPUs" installed, I wouldn't be surprised the > > "Apache" story > > would repeat itself. > > > > But for now focus on the download numbers. The rest is noise. Noise, bla > > bla bla. > > > > > > |-----Original Message----- > > |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dain > > |Sundstrom > > |Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 7:01 PM > > |To: Jboss-Development@Lists. Sourceforge. Net > > |Subject: [JBoss-dev] That flaming fireball in the sky... > > | > > | > > |I found this on the apache web site. I interpret this statement slightly > > |different the Jakarta guys. To me it looks like the J2EE licensees are > > |getting nervous about the high quality of the open source J2EE > > |implementations (i.e., JBoss), and feel the only way to distinguish them > > |selves in the marketplace is with some lame certification. > > | > > |----------------------------------------------------- > > |30 January 2002 - That flaming fireball in the sky... > > | > > |In a recent article, Karen Tegan, Director of J2EE Compatibility and > > |Platform Services for Sun Microsystems, had the following to say: > > | > > |"The J2EE Compatible brand has achieved significant momentum > > over the past > > |two years, and we want to make sure that any open source efforts don't > > |impact the viability of that effort." > > | > > |In other words, Sun doesn't give a hoot about whether J2EE licensing > > |restricts open source J2EE products (in case you missed it, it > > does). Thus, > > |the Apache Software Foundation's involvement in the Java > > Community Process > > |(JCP) is simply an advertising statement for Sun to claim that > > they have a > > |'vision which uses open standards and non-proprietary interfaces'. If you > > |would like to express your opinions of Sun's licensing terms, > > feel free to > > |contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] and let us know what you think. Thanks. > > | > > |Followup thread on Jakarta-General: J2EE considered harmful. > > | > > |_______________________________________________ > > |Jboss-development mailing list > > |[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jboss-development mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > > > _______________________________________________ > Jboss-development mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
