My main concern is that there will be a number of different flavors of
JSP due to the lack of any final specs and we know what happens to
anything that has no standard...I just wish reps from sun/JavaSoft would
be more responsive to this list. Any feedback is better than none. It
would a least show some respect.
Gabriel Wong
http://www.ezwebtools.com
"Ganyo, Scott" wrote:
>
> 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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