I agree 100%. If JavaSoft wants to put forward a standard, they need to be
timely. I am becoming very concerned about the future of jsp.
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Engber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 12:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: 1.0 Spec First Quarter?
>
>
> >It is almost the end of the first quarter and I believe JavaSoft
> >committed to have the spec completed. I have been using JSP
> since July
> >1998 when the spec was in version .90 and call me naive but I always
> >thought the final spec was just another month or two away. With each
> >month that pasts it becomes harder and harder for me to
> justify the use
> >of JSP. I have in the past been a great supporter of JSP in my
> >organization and have developed hundreds of pages using JSP, but I am
> >losing my political strength to defend the use of JSP in my
> >organization. I hate to say it but if the spec does not go gold in a
> >week or two I will have to recommend to my company to
> standardize on ASP
> >instead. I can no longer afford to defend a specification
> that can not
> >seem to make it out of the .9 something category. Could someone at
> >JavaSoft confirm that they will not be going to be hitting
> their own 1Q
> >deadline. And an explanation of what is holding them. At
> least then I
> >could tell my employer why the JSP spec will not be done by the first
> >quarter as I said it would be.
>
> I think most of us who have been using JSP feel the same way. It's
> becoming extremely difficult to justify putting any more time
> and money
> into JSP projects. Perhaps we should put together some kind of formal
> petition for a release timeframe and an explanation of what's
> going on.
> It's a little perplexing that Sun is relying on us as early
> adopters to
> sell their technology and at the same time gives us so little
> information
> or support.
>
> What's strange is that in general I think Javasoft has done a
> great job of
> releasing high-quality specifications in a short period of
> time. I can't
> imagine what the holdup is on this.
>
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