SV: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
Title: SV: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. Please, drop this damn thread. The list is obviosly not censured, just a bit sucky. No one will wake up next to a swedish meatball smeared with cowberry jam and mashed potatoes.. Stop accusing people of being paranoid etc, it only floods my mailbox. Im sure IF will respond to the original issues given time (are they back from JavaOne yet?). WR -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Joseph B. Ottinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Skickat: den 12 juni 2001 10:57 Till: Orion-Interest Ämne: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Sure, I can understand this -- good thing we have orionsupport.com, which isn't affiliated with Ironflare. This is why I've never been willing to advertise anything on orionsupport, and why I'm not directly affiliated in any way with Ironflare - because I want the freedom to some day post something like Orion totally sucks in area XYZ (not mentioning anything like JMS, for example, am I?) without worrying about receiving a warning from the Swedish Mafia. You see, Joseph, it's this kind of humor that makes people think of waking up next to their favorite racehorse's head. Not sure what your point is, here, pardner. After all, I was saying this is why Orionsupport isn't directly affiliated, so that we wouldn't have to worry about that in any case... and then you say something that leads me to believe you took the exact wrong meaning. You've been doing that a lot; this kind of dedication takes a peculiar sort of effort. The buck stops here sign is on Karl's and Magnus' desk, right? I hope they don't usually ride in the same car together all time. :) Well, I didn't know they HAD desks - I can see Satan doing all his work on a futon for some reason - but at this point, we don't know how much responsibility Oracle has taken. *shrug* We'll see. They may not have desks yet, but they can probably afford to order big, hand-carved, mahogony ones now. I hope so! They deserve them. At any rate, I have a little more information about the deal now than I did; your dire warnings are, IMHO, unfounded. Sure, there are some nasty implications for those poor souls still waiting for Godot^WIronflare to provide Oracle-level support for Orion, but even those are merely implications and not a fomral reality yet. From your previous comment about looking at Oracle, let me cite an example about supporting integrated products. A couple of years ago, I found an error in Adrian Cockroft's book, Sun Performance and Tuning regarding the formulas for shared memory and semaphore settings in etc/system. Of course, Adrian (creator of the VirtualAdrian tools) is a god and I'm just a troll (as someone recently pointed out), but even trolls get lucky now and then. Are you a BLIND troll, that's the real question. [snip, snippety snip snip snip!] My point is that the dance between Orion and Oracle could be just as complex. Sure, could be. But isn't. :) I'm not trying to hold some special knowldge over your head, and it's quite possible that what I know is public knowledge, but until I confirm that, I ain't saying. Karl/Magnus have not, apparently, hired the people on the Ironflare side to free them up to address such questions. Just because Oracle has a support infrastucture, call center, help desk, etc, does not mean that Oracle has anyone who can deal with the really tough problems. Doubt THAT - the whole reason they licensed Orion is because they found that they were getting the real tough problems and their lousy infrastructure wasn't set up for it. Not a matter of THEIR SKILL, mind you, but of the original thought that went into their misbegotten app server crap. Before getting flamed again, I am NOT picking on Orion/Oracle here. I believe orion-interest and orionsupport are more responsive and accurate, generally, than the big companies. I would still have great confidence in just about any Orion/Oracle combination. We shall, as you say, *shrug* see. You sure? Why do you? I would like to see Oracle at least attempt to hire some of the people around the world who contributed their valuable time to debugging Orion free of charge. NOT ME. I'm not looking for a job with Orionacle. Me either... but I'm not sure if this is your actual gripe. If it is, hey, um, wow... you're over-reacting by a lot, IMHO. --- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adjacency.org/ IT Consultant
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Joseph, You see, Joseph, it's this kind of humor that makes people think of waking up next to their favorite racehorse's head. Not sure what your point is, here, pardner. After all, I was saying this My point is that some slow people, like me, can't always tell right away when you are kidding (remember A Swedish Idea). Mafia-Godfather I-horsehead in movie director's bed. Get it? But I wasn't kidding... Anyway, enough of that. I hope so! They deserve them. At any rate, I have a little more information about the deal now than I did; your dire warnings are, IMHO, unfounded. Sure, there are some nasty implications for those poor souls still waiting for Godot^WIronflare to provide Oracle-level support for Orion, but even those are merely implications and not a fomral reality yet. Okay. Somehow, I don't think Karl is going to ever teach me the secret Ironflare handshake. Me either. Although I'm betting it involves lutefisk somehow. Those silly Finns! course, Adrian (creator of the VirtualAdrian tools) is a god and I'm just a troll (as someone recently pointed out), but even trolls get lucky now and then. Are you a BLIND troll, that's the real question. [snip, snippety snip snip snip!] BLIND and DUMB. You're slipping, not snipping, Joseph. Nah, I'm trying to have fun. That's an unfair critique of a phrase-based pun, you might say, and you're offending me greatly! I'm going to add you to my kill-file, report you to the FBI (in addition to the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA, and the local police), and send you a bottle of glue, because I can't afford a horse and that's the closest I can get. My point is that the dance between Orion and Oracle could be just as complex. Sure, could be. But isn't. :) I'm not trying to hold some special knowldge over your head, and it's quite possible that what I know is public knowledge, but until I confirm that, I ain't saying. Secret handshake and secret decoder ring... Well, okay - maybe I have a slight advantage because I talk to them online every so often, and I'm the guy who said Hey, I've got a server, orion needs support, they ain't doing it, so I will. Maybe that gets me a little more info every now and then, especially when I ask directly. In addition, I eat a LOT of Captain Crunch, and they have those neatoriffic toys... Doubt THAT - the whole reason they licensed Orion is because they found that they were getting the real tough problems and their lousy infrastructure wasn't set up for it. Not a matter of THEIR SKILL, mind you, but of the original thought that went into their misbegotten app server crap. Maybe so. What about Karl's pledge 6 months ago that hiring the right people was Ironflare's first order of business? They've hired one recently, or so I've heard. And I don't know who they hired, but I've heard the same thing. OTOH, maybe their hiring critieria is very strict - which I can understand. I'm really more or less on your side on this particular issue, but more on this later... I have confidence; however, most of my major (Fortune 500) clients have not shown confidence in products where the only two people in the world who understand the guts of it live 8,000 miles away and might get hit by a bolt of lightening at the same time. Something like, Oops, we regret to inform you that we cannot support your $30M startup because the only two people who can answer that question are unavailable. Ah ha! And this is where Oracle turns out to be a HUGE win for us (and Ironflare). Now, you don't have to rely on an inconsistent mailing list and two (maybe three) developers. Now you can say, Hey, got $40K? Buy Oracle, and you'll be off and running with a full support network. While it's possible OC4J could fork from Orion's codebase, the chances of a severe fork are very slim. (Yes, the chances are there, from what I understand.) Slim chances, of course, mean that it will definitely happen, and the sky will fall, and I *will* win a game of Civ:CTP before... um... the day ends. You seem to have inside knowledge about this. Does Oracle (or anyone besides Karl and Magnus) have a copy of the Orion Server source code? I'll leave that answer to the principals involved. I don't know WHAT they have, exactly. I would like to see Oracle at least attempt to hire some of the people around the world who contributed their valuable time to debugging Orion free of charge. NOT ME. I'm not looking for a job with Orionacle. Me either... but I'm not sure if this is your actual gripe. If it is, hey, um, wow... you're over-reacting by a lot, IMHO. It's a big part of my gripe. There's some sort of idea that there was/is a quid pro quo between free use of Orion and free testing/debugging by the user community. I don't agree with that, but let's say there is. Well, the game has now changed, that is, big bucks from Oracle. Let's play pretend, shall we? (This is called a
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Joseph, Generally, I agree, but... I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). And usually if people know your problem, they'll get to it here, too. Agree. But most major customers avoid semi-open products because of the perception (right or wrong) that they can't purchase support, even if they have money to burn. Sure. Is Orion semi-open now? Because I've never seen anything of the sort, and I think I would have by now... I have argued that the orion-interest response is generally more accurate (than BEA, IBM Sun) because the big players must hide their embarassing flaws from the competition. This is why I believe Oracle MAY (not for sure! No flames please!) put pressure on Ironflare to be less forthcoming about internal flaws. Sure, I can understand this -- good thing we have orionsupport.com, which isn't affiliated with Ironflare. This is why I've never been willing to advertise anything on orionsupport, and why I'm not directly affiliated in any way with Ironflare - because I want the freedom to some day post something like Orion totally sucks in area XYZ (not mentioning anything like JMS, for example, am I?) without worrying about receiving a warning from the Swedish Mafia. Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Heh, you haven't LOOKED at Oracle much, have you? They *already* have support networks in place... The buck stops here sign is on Karl's and Magnus' desk, right? I hope they don't usually ride in the same car together all time. :) Well, I didn't know they HAD desks - I can see Satan doing all his work on a futon for some reason - but at this point, we don't know how much responsibility Oracle has taken. *shrug* We'll see. Stuck in the asylum, Jay At 03:42 PM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). No, BEA didn't challenge the claim. BEA refuses anyone (IBM, etc.) to publish performance specs for comparison purposes. The result was that Orion couldn't say We did this in X, and BEA did it in Y. Orion is hardly unique in this. Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Or Oracle... but wait, that might make the Oracle deal a win for Orion users. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I've done well without it. I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). And usually if people know your problem, they'll get to it here, too. Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Heh, you haven't LOOKED at Oracle much, have you? They *already* have support networks in place... Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
and orionsupport are more responsive and accurate, generally, than the big companies. I would still have great confidence in just about any Orion/Oracle combination. We shall, as you say, *shrug* see. I would like to see Oracle at least attempt to hire some of the people around the world who contributed their valuable time to debugging Orion free of charge. NOT ME. I'm not looking for a job with Orionacle. Stuck in the asylum, Jay At 03:42 PM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). No, BEA didn't challenge the claim. BEA refuses anyone (IBM, etc.) to publish performance specs for comparison purposes. The result was that Orion couldn't say We did this in X, and BEA did it in Y. Orion is hardly unique in this. Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Or Oracle... but wait, that might make the Oracle deal a win for Orion users. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I've done well without it. I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). And usually if people know your problem, they'll get to it here, too. Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Heh, you haven't LOOKED at Oracle much, have you? They *already* have support networks in place... Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet! --- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adjacency.org/ IT Consultant --- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adjacency.org/ IT Consultant
Re: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
Their j2ee implementations seemed like a bunch of open source glued together. Throw in the oddDuck idea of running ejb's inside the db server and it's no wonder they threw it away. Perhaps because they couldn't give it away. _ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Sure, I can understand this -- good thing we have orionsupport.com, which isn't affiliated with Ironflare. This is why I've never been willing to advertise anything on orionsupport, and why I'm not directly affiliated in any way with Ironflare - because I want the freedom to some day post something like Orion totally sucks in area XYZ (not mentioning anything like JMS, for example, am I?) without worrying about receiving a warning from the Swedish Mafia. You see, Joseph, it's this kind of humor that makes people think of waking up next to their favorite racehorse's head. Not sure what your point is, here, pardner. After all, I was saying this is why Orionsupport isn't directly affiliated, so that we wouldn't have to worry about that in any case... and then you say something that leads me to believe you took the exact wrong meaning. You've been doing that a lot; this kind of dedication takes a peculiar sort of effort. The buck stops here sign is on Karl's and Magnus' desk, right? I hope they don't usually ride in the same car together all time. :) Well, I didn't know they HAD desks - I can see Satan doing all his work on a futon for some reason - but at this point, we don't know how much responsibility Oracle has taken. *shrug* We'll see. They may not have desks yet, but they can probably afford to order big, hand-carved, mahogony ones now. I hope so! They deserve them. At any rate, I have a little more information about the deal now than I did; your dire warnings are, IMHO, unfounded. Sure, there are some nasty implications for those poor souls still waiting for Godot^WIronflare to provide Oracle-level support for Orion, but even those are merely implications and not a fomral reality yet. From your previous comment about looking at Oracle, let me cite an example about supporting integrated products. A couple of years ago, I found an error in Adrian Cockroft's book, Sun Performance and Tuning regarding the formulas for shared memory and semaphore settings in etc/system. Of course, Adrian (creator of the VirtualAdrian tools) is a god and I'm just a troll (as someone recently pointed out), but even trolls get lucky now and then. Are you a BLIND troll, that's the real question. [snip, snippety snip snip snip!] My point is that the dance between Orion and Oracle could be just as complex. Sure, could be. But isn't. :) I'm not trying to hold some special knowldge over your head, and it's quite possible that what I know is public knowledge, but until I confirm that, I ain't saying. Karl/Magnus have not, apparently, hired the people on the Ironflare side to free them up to address such questions. Just because Oracle has a support infrastucture, call center, help desk, etc, does not mean that Oracle has anyone who can deal with the really tough problems. Doubt THAT - the whole reason they licensed Orion is because they found that they were getting the real tough problems and their lousy infrastructure wasn't set up for it. Not a matter of THEIR SKILL, mind you, but of the original thought that went into their misbegotten app server crap. Before getting flamed again, I am NOT picking on Orion/Oracle here. I believe orion-interest and orionsupport are more responsive and accurate, generally, than the big companies. I would still have great confidence in just about any Orion/Oracle combination. We shall, as you say, *shrug* see. You sure? Why do you? I would like to see Oracle at least attempt to hire some of the people around the world who contributed their valuable time to debugging Orion free of charge. NOT ME. I'm not looking for a job with Orionacle. Me either... but I'm not sure if this is your actual gripe. If it is, hey, um, wow... you're over-reacting by a lot, IMHO. --- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adjacency.org/ IT Consultant
RE: Oracle deal gag
From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Seriously, smartass, I'd like a 'yes' or 'no' answer from you: do you really think the CIA doesn't monitor the web? I'm not a smartass. I'm just out to get you :-) From Catch-22: They're trying to kill me, Yossarian told him calmly. No one's trying to kill you, Clevinger cried. Then why are they shooting at me? Yossarian asked. They're shooting at *everyone*, Clevinger answered. They're trying to kill everyone. And what difference does that make? The difference between cynicism and paranoia is the difference between: The CIA is monitoring email on the internet. The CIA is monitoring *my* email on the internet. I can, with almost complete confidence, assure you that nobody at Ironflare is censoring your email. From longtime observation of this list, I have discovered that the mailing list software Sucks Bigtime. I'm sorry to say this, because someone at Ironflare probably put a significant amount of time into it in a noble but misguided attempt to show off the Orion server. Unfortunately natural brilliance and a thorough understanding of J2EE do not automatically translate into detailed knowledge of ESMTP and the specific manner in which the hundreds of mail agents out there butcher it. The consequence is that with *frequent* occurance mail is lost, mail is delivered out of order, the list blacks out for weekends at a time, vacation messages get sent to everyone, mail senders get back dozens of bounce messages, etc. I started that thread you mentioned (Orion Team Needs New List Software), and it's still very much true. I suspect that vanity prevents Ironflare from converting to Mailman or some other mature package. As to why Karl never responded to your message about licensing violation, hey, maybe he's too busy working on the broken list software. Or more likely, Orion. Think about it. What's a two-person company in Sweden going to do about somebody 10,000 miles away abusing a $1500 license? The practical limitations of enforcement pretty much mean that anyone that wants to can steal the software. For a small company and a relatively inexpensive product you just have to hope that there are enough honest customers out there to pay your bills. Fortunately it looks like there are. I don't understand why you think the Oracle deal is anything but a fanstastic coup for both us (the Orion community) and Ironflare. It validates the product, puts a significant amount of $$$ in the pockets of Karl Magnus, makes it a lot easier for us to sell Orion to clients, and *radically* increases our market value as experts with The Oracle J2EE Solution as well as the obscure Swedish app server we know and love. Larry and Karl make a deal, and suddenly my resume gets a steroid injection! I couldn't be happier! Will Oracle draw from this community? Send them a resume and find out! What kind of validation are you looking for? Sure we (the users) spend a lot of time debugging the app server - but hey, nobody is forcing us to run the autoupdater. And a lot of people, myself included, consider this just the least we can offer to Ironflare for providing us with a free server. Free for noncommercial use has bought them a lot more than $1500 worth of my time, and I'm quite content about it. Jeff Schnitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
Joseph B. Ottinger wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: [...] Greetings, I respectfully request that those carrying on the conspiracy thread of discussion please take it off-list. It has comprised, I estimate, at least 50% of the orion-interest list the past few days. Thanks! Chris Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
Joseph, At 12:57 PM 6/12/01 -0500, you wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Sure, I can understand this -- good thing we have orionsupport.com, which isn't affiliated with Ironflare. This is why I've never been willing to advertise anything on orionsupport, and why I'm not directly affiliated in any way with Ironflare - because I want the freedom to some day post something like Orion totally sucks in area XYZ (not mentioning anything like JMS, for example, am I?) without worrying about receiving a warning from the Swedish Mafia. You see, Joseph, it's this kind of humor that makes people think of waking up next to their favorite racehorse's head. Not sure what your point is, here, pardner. After all, I was saying this is why Orionsupport isn't directly affiliated, so that we wouldn't have to worry about that in any case... and then you say something that leads me to believe you took the exact wrong meaning. You've been doing that a lot; this kind of dedication takes a peculiar sort of effort. My point is that some slow people, like me, can't always tell right away when you are kidding (remember A Swedish Idea). Mafia-Godfather I-horsehead in movie director's bed. Get it? The buck stops here sign is on Karl's and Magnus' desk, right? I hope they don't usually ride in the same car together all time. :) Well, I didn't know they HAD desks - I can see Satan doing all his work on a futon for some reason - but at this point, we don't know how much responsibility Oracle has taken. *shrug* We'll see. They may not have desks yet, but they can probably afford to order big, hand-carved, mahogony ones now. I hope so! They deserve them. At any rate, I have a little more information about the deal now than I did; your dire warnings are, IMHO, unfounded. Sure, there are some nasty implications for those poor souls still waiting for Godot^WIronflare to provide Oracle-level support for Orion, but even those are merely implications and not a fomral reality yet. Okay. Somehow, I don't think Karl is going to ever teach me the secret Ironflare handshake. From your previous comment about looking at Oracle, let me cite an example about supporting integrated products. A couple of years ago, I found an error in Adrian Cockroft's book, Sun Performance and Tuning regarding the formulas for shared memory and semaphore settings in etc/system. Of course, Adrian (creator of the VirtualAdrian tools) is a god and I'm just a troll (as someone recently pointed out), but even trolls get lucky now and then. Are you a BLIND troll, that's the real question. [snip, snippety snip snip snip!] BLIND and DUMB. You're slipping, not snipping, Joseph. My point is that the dance between Orion and Oracle could be just as complex. Sure, could be. But isn't. :) I'm not trying to hold some special knowldge over your head, and it's quite possible that what I know is public knowledge, but until I confirm that, I ain't saying. Secret handshake and secret decoder ring... Karl/Magnus have not, apparently, hired the people on the Ironflare side to free them up to address such questions. Just because Oracle has a support infrastucture, call center, help desk, etc, does not mean that Oracle has anyone who can deal with the really tough problems. Doubt THAT - the whole reason they licensed Orion is because they found that they were getting the real tough problems and their lousy infrastructure wasn't set up for it. Not a matter of THEIR SKILL, mind you, but of the original thought that went into their misbegotten app server crap. Maybe so. What about Karl's pledge 6 months ago that hiring the right people was Ironflare's first order of business? They've hired one recently, or so I've heard. Before getting flamed again, I am NOT picking on Orion/Oracle here. I believe orion-interest and orionsupport are more responsive and accurate, generally, than the big companies. I would still have great confidence in just about any Orion/Oracle combination. We shall, as you say, *shrug* see. You sure? Why do you? I have confidence; however, most of my major (Fortune 500) clients have not shown confidence in products where the only two people in the world who understand the guts of it live 8,000 miles away and might get hit by a bolt of lightening at the same time. Something like, Oops, we regret to inform you that we cannot support your $30M startup because the only two people who can answer that question are unavailable. You seem to have inside knowledge about this. Does Oracle (or anyone besides Karl and Magnus) have a copy of the Orion Server source code? I would like to see Oracle at least attempt to hire some of the people around the world who contributed their valuable time to debugging Orion free of charge. NOT ME. I'm not looking for a job with Orionacle. Me either... but I'm not sure if this is your actual gripe. If it is, hey, um, wow... you're over-reacting by a lot,
RE: Oracle deal gag
I apologize to the group for responding in kind to a personal flame that was off topic. I am well aware it's off topic, but you and Jeff made a personal attack. As usual, you have avoided the facts. I'm happy to take this one off line with you, just as soon as you publicly apologize for your personal, public attack on me. I can back up everything I stated. Until you dispute one fact that I wrote, I suggest you are the ones in the fantasy world. So, I challenge you here and now to dispute one of those facts, or apologize publicly. At 11:47 PM 6/10/01 -0400, you wrote: Well, you're kinda asking for it, but your credentials clearly show why you're so paranoid and are on very, umm, thin ground when it comes to mental well being. We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem to be getting in respose is a descent into your own personal madness. How about summing up the problems you have in a few short lines that won't cause cynics like me to laugh or respond so unpleasantly? If you had legitimate concerns that made people think 'ohyeah!' then I'm sure you'd get a suitably well considered reply. I wouldn't hold my breath though for any kind of 'official' reply as you've shown them why they should never reply to people on this list. Hani On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Even paranoid people have enemies. I've never suggested a conspiracy. The response I got from Karl was an immediate reaction to my comment that their testing was done for free. Now testing/bug reporting by the open community will directly help Oracle. Try dealing with facts. Six months ago, Karl stated they were hiring more people. There have been several threads about their lack of support since then. They still have only hired, maybe, a few (one?) additional employees. They seem to have no interest in collecting for production licenses. Out of the blue comes a deal with Oracle and they don't even announce it on the site. But since you think you're so frigging smart, let's compare our knowledge of the US intelligence community. My brother-in-law broke the code for the Unabomber's diary. No kidding. Check it out for yourself. His name is Mike Birch. He's retired US Navy and now an FBI cryptographer. He lives in Glen Bernie, MD, just outside Baltimore. You want his phone number? He was to testify in California, just before the Unabomber confessed. (see http://www.cnn.com/US/9712/27/unabomb.diary/) Mike's married to Florence Erolin, my wife's sister. I named our corporation Erolin, Inc after their family name. I assure you, the US intelligence community monitors the web constantly, and not just for viruses. They do tap phones. They do forge documents, etc, etc etc. From 1986 to the early 90's, I held a Top Secret SBI clearance in the US Air Force and was a security manager and foreign disclosure officer. When I managed the sale of $300M of F-16 jet engines to Egypt, there was a sizeable fund (millions) for bribes. I've talked to people in military intelligence who monitor phones for a living. What are your credentials, dumbass? I also have contacts in the World Bank. Ever hear of them? Are you stupid enough to think that they just give out charity loans to struggling countries? My wife dated a CIA employee overseas who worked at a front company in her country. His job was to psychologically evaluate returning field agents. I wonder why they might need psychological help? Are you suggesting that the US intelligence community (CIA, FBI and NSA) are not monitoring Web communications? You probably think they don't fly spy planes near China, send classified satellites up on the space shuttle, have the ability to tell you what kind of cigarette you're smoking from a satellite 90 miles above you, destroy the economies of countries, etc. Surprise! They've been doing that and more for many years. You probably don't believe corporate espionage exists, either. Seriously, smartass, I'd like a 'yes' or 'no' answer from you: do you really think the CIA doesn't monitor the web? Sorry about going off topic, but I'd like to avoid sarcasm and, please, just address the facts about the Oracle deal. At 02:30 PM 6/10/01 -0700, you wrote: From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...paranoia...] Have you ever considered that maybe your communications are being intercepted and preprocessed by a CIA computer? Do you hear clicking noises every time you pick up the phone? You have accidentally sumbled across The Swedish Conspiracy. Ironflare is actually a front company for arms smuggling: It is a little known fact that Larry Ellison converted to a radical reactionary Islamic sect recently. Oracle purchases app servers from Ironflare, Ironflare uses the money to purchase Kalishnakov rifles from nearby Russia, and a renegade CIA group smuggles them into Afghanistan to support the Taliban
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We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem to be getting in respose is a descent into your own personal madness. How about summing up the problems you have in a few short lines that won't cause cynics like me to laugh or respond so unpleasantly? Hani In spite of your personal attacks on my mental condition, I will try one more time to deal with facts and give yet another summary. Before doing so, let me state that yesterday I made a third attempt to post my response to Karl. I also sent it directly to Mike Cannon-Brookes asking him to post it. So, three times now I've tried. Let me ask you and the group, how many times must I try and fail to post that message before you will believe that it's getting blocked? Seriously, just pick a number and I'll try that many times. Here's the summary: - 6 months ago (Dec 7), Karl stated, resources will initially be spent more on building the organization and hiring the right people than would be necessary if we didn't make the expansion. - Since then, there have been several threads about lack of support: www.orionserver.com down again (Dec 13), What's going on with Orion? (Jan 4), Is the List alive? (Jan 4), Any news from Orion yet?? (Jan 15), Orion Team Needs New List Software (Mar 14), Impossible getting the attention of the orion (support) team. Are they still around? (Mar 19), Is the list dead? (Apr 25) - Since then, hiring the right people has not occurred. - On Apr 18, Randy Kemp suggested Ironflare contact MySQL, which is also in Sweden (A Swedish Idea). Like me, Randy was ridiculed by people, like Hani, who used terms such as bizarre, this whole ridiculous discussion and fairy tale. - On Apr 23, I reported a production licensing violation directly to Karl. He did not respond. - On Apr 24, I reported the production licensing violation to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karl responded, stating, We'll check into it. - On May 8, I asked Karl for a status on the licensing violation, but to date, have gotten no response. - On Jun 6, Bryan Young posted the following to this group: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. - On Jun 6, I responded, refering to the A Swedish Idea thread and stating, I TOLD YOU SO. I also stated, I admire the way they've managed to build a decent product without having to hire testers. - On Jun 7, the day after my post, Karl responded via orion-interest, stating, We've never been in it for the money, but that doesn't mean that you can survive in this society forever without having any money. - On Jun 7, I tried to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - On Jun 8, I made my second attempt to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - On Jun 10, I made my third attempt to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - I have tried three times to post my response to Karl, and been called mentally unstable for suggesting that they might be blocking negative comments. - Neither Ironflare nor Oracle have ever really announced their relationship. It's not announced at www.orionserver.com. Go to http://www.oracle.com and look at their JavaOne pages and search for Orion. It's buried in the user manual, but not announced. So, my conclusions are: - Ironflare/Evermind has not hired testers or other staff as promised 6 months ago. They don't have to, because the user community does all of that (and more) for them. - Ironflare is in it, at least in part, for big money; otherwise, they would have collected from the production license violator. - Ironflare will leave you hanging if you report license violations. - Ironflare may be censoring messages. I can't lay it out much better than that. So, attack one of these facts and quit challenging my mental condition. From the asylum, Jay
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet!
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Wrong, it is not CIA, but the Borg who have intercepted and censored some messages. That also explains the delay on this list, since a subspace call takes a while to travel. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. Johan - Original Message - From: Jeff Schnitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:30 PM Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...paranoia...] Have you ever considered that maybe your communications are being intercepted and preprocessed by a CIA computer? Do you hear clicking noises every time you pick up the phone? You have accidentally sumbled across The Swedish Conspiracy. Ironflare is actually a front company for arms smuggling: It is a little known fact that Larry Ellison converted to a radical reactionary Islamic sect recently. Oracle purchases app servers from Ironflare, Ironflare uses the money to purchase Kalishnakov rifles from nearby Russia, and a renegade CIA group smuggles them into Afghanistan to support the Taliban. Magnus and Karl are ficticious identities; in fact their names are acronyms for Make Arms Gifts Neglecting Upgrading Software and Keep Armstrong's Replies Limited. Now that you have now exposed yourself and your knowledge, the Men In Black will be coming for you soon. Good luck! Jeff Schnitzer
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What is your point? Johan - Original Message - From: Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:51 PM Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem to be getting in respose is a descent into your own personal madness. How about summing up the problems you have in a few short lines that won't cause cynics like me to laugh or respond so unpleasantly? Hani In spite of your personal attacks on my mental condition, I will try one more time to deal with facts and give yet another summary. Before doing so, let me state that yesterday I made a third attempt to post my response to Karl. I also sent it directly to Mike Cannon-Brookes asking him to post it. So, three times now I've tried. Let me ask you and the group, how many times must I try and fail to post that message before you will believe that it's getting blocked? Seriously, just pick a number and I'll try that many times. Here's the summary: - 6 months ago (Dec 7), Karl stated, resources will initially be spent more on building the organization and hiring the right people than would be necessary if we didn't make the expansion. - Since then, there have been several threads about lack of support: www.orionserver.com down again (Dec 13), What's going on with Orion? (Jan 4), Is the List alive? (Jan 4), Any news from Orion yet?? (Jan 15), Orion Team Needs New List Software (Mar 14), Impossible getting the attention of the orion (support) team. Are they still around? (Mar 19), Is the list dead? (Apr 25) - Since then, hiring the right people has not occurred. - On Apr 18, Randy Kemp suggested Ironflare contact MySQL, which is also in Sweden (A Swedish Idea). Like me, Randy was ridiculed by people, like Hani, who used terms such as bizarre, this whole ridiculous discussion and fairy tale. - On Apr 23, I reported a production licensing violation directly to Karl. He did not respond. - On Apr 24, I reported the production licensing violation to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karl responded, stating, We'll check into it. - On May 8, I asked Karl for a status on the licensing violation, but to date, have gotten no response. - On Jun 6, Bryan Young posted the following to this group: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. - On Jun 6, I responded, refering to the A Swedish Idea thread and stating, I TOLD YOU SO. I also stated, I admire the way they've managed to build a decent product without having to hire testers. - On Jun 7, the day after my post, Karl responded via orion-interest, stating, We've never been in it for the money, but that doesn't mean that you can survive in this society forever without having any money. - On Jun 7, I tried to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - On Jun 8, I made my second attempt to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - On Jun 10, I made my third attempt to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - I have tried three times to post my response to Karl, and been called mentally unstable for suggesting that they might be blocking negative comments. - Neither Ironflare nor Oracle have ever really announced their relationship. It's not announced at www.orionserver.com. Go to http://www.oracle.com and look at their JavaOne pages and search for Orion. It's buried in the user manual, but not announced. So, my conclusions are: - Ironflare/Evermind has not hired testers or other staff as promised 6 months ago. They don't have to, because the user community does all of that (and more) for them. - Ironflare is in it, at least in part, for big money; otherwise, they would have collected from the production license violator. - Ironflare will leave you hanging if you report license violations. - Ironflare may be censoring messages. I can't lay it out much better than that. So, attack one of these facts and quit challenging my mental condition. From the asylum, Jay
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet!
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J, I am an oracle customer. All you have to do is call support, and they answer questions about orion. They also have good attempt at documentation: http://technet.oracle.com/docs/tech/java/oc4j/htdocs/getstart.htm#1016486 You will have to create an account with otn, but that's pretty easy to do by going to : http://technet.oracle.com/index.html, and clicking the membership link. Its free. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Armstrong Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:22 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet!
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Mmmkay, this is a little late, but hey - when have I been known to shut up? On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley and Hani Suleiman, who described the problem as a pebble), were complimentary of the deal, and/or tried to change the subject. Seems odd to me that not one, single critical comment about the most important business deal in Orion Server's history came after mine, unless the thread was being censored. Good thing we've never heard of paranoia. Oops, now we have. I would point out one of Karl's statements in his reply to me: The purpose of the orion-interest has always been to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge between our users, not as a channel to communicate with us. I interpret the statement above to be a veiled warning that big brother is watching and not to criticize Ironflare via orion-interest. Dadgum, there's that paranoia thing again. If you've read the mailing list archives, you'll see plenty of criticism of Ironflare, most of it deserved, and none of it censored that I'm aware of. And I've even sent some of it. As far as Karl's statement... it seems like you've an agenda, and you're using a National Enquirer-like ability to read between lines. Hi, how are you doing is not I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! and Orion-interest is a sharing area between users, not a channel to communicate with us is not We hate everything you say that we don't agree with, and will censor it. Don't you also find it odd that Ironflare did not make this announcement? Rather, it came from Bryan Young's discovery after trying oc4j. My guess is that Ironflare, possibly under orders from Oracle, wanted to keep this quiet and is now attempting damage control. Damage control? Why? What damage, exactly has been caused? Ironflare hasn't been sold; neither has Orion. The only damage I see is possibly between a few sets of ears. As far as I can tell, this is ALL good for Ironflare; people who want real J2EE and want a real company backing it can buy OC4J and get the best of both worlds - support and quality. (Oh no, what a horrifying thought, eh?) and people who want to stick with pure Orion (i.e., those of us who don't want to run Oracle, or don't need Oracle's support layer) can stick with what we have. What horror. If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell, though it could also be that open discussions are not and have never been allowed in this interest group. Man, you ARE paranoid. Jay At 04:37 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: J, There have been lags and blackholes on the list last week. I suspect this is because the two gents have been in San Francisco in the last week, and have not been unable to keep up the maintenance. Sunday and Monday, and some of Tuesday lastweek there were no messages. Its a list problem...don't blame Orion. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J Armstrong Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 3:50 PM To: Orion-Interest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Oracle deal gag Just for fun, try bitching about the original issue. I tried twice (two days ago and one day ago) to respond to Karl Avendal's response to me on this thread and it's not showing up. At 12:48 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: Haha, I know... Hani just said we should bitch so I did :P - Phillip --- elephantwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys will fix their ejb 2.0. Please log the references issue and bidirectional relations problem with bugzilla, they will fix it. Regards, the elephantwalker __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adjacency.org/ IT Consultant
Re: Oracle deal gag
So, my conclusions are: - Ironflare/Evermind has not hired testers or other staff as promised 6 months ago. They don't have to, because the user community does all of that (and more) for them. Hiring testers for the sake of hiring testers (not a knock on testers)is hit-and-miss anyway, but suppose they did hire testers? I suspect that many folks on this list would still test orion just as rigourously as they do now. I get paid regardless of whether I test Orion. I test Orion because I like it. If, by testing Orion I can get a better product, then I will test Orion. I don't HAVE to use Orion. I WANT to use it. Do you like the product? - Ironflare is in it, at least in part, for big money; otherwise, they would have collected from the production license violator. Every company is in it, to one degree or another, for the money. My consultancy is in it for the money - but we started it because we wanted to do our work OUR way which we now do. The money just happens to go along with it. Ironflare wanted to write an application server and that was only possible, in their view, by starting their own company. They need money, too, as Karl explained. If Oracle came to my company and said Hey, we'd like to license some of that software you've been writing for a nice sum of cash - I would say You Bet!. What's wrong with that? Nothing! - Ironflare will leave you hanging if you report license violations. When you reported the license violations, what was Ironflare supposed to do? I don't know the nature of how you found the violations or who is doing the violating, but it seems to me that once you report it, then you would be finished with your task. - Ironflare may be censoring messages. You lay out your facts above - but given other experiences with this list (I briefly mention mine in a previous posting that quite frankly hasn't come through yet) I can't draw the same conclusions. Sorry. I can't lay it out much better than that. So, attack one of these facts and quit challenging my mental condition. From the asylum, Jay --- Johan Fredriksson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is your point? Johan - Original Message - From: Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:51 PM Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem to be getting in respose is a descent into your own personal madness. How about summing up the problems you have in a few short lines that won't cause cynics like me to laugh or respond so unpleasantly? Hani In spite of your personal attacks on my mental condition, I will try one more time to deal with facts and give yet another summary. Before doing so, let me state that yesterday I made a third attempt to post my response to Karl. I also sent it directly to Mike Cannon-Brookes asking him to post it. So, three times now I've tried. Let me ask you and the group, how many times must I try and fail to post that message before you will believe that it's getting blocked? Seriously, just pick a number and I'll try that many times. Here's the summary: - 6 months ago (Dec 7), Karl stated, resources will initially be spent more on building the organization and hiring the right people than would be necessary if we didn't make the expansion. - Since then, there have been several threads about lack of support: www.orionserver.com down again (Dec 13), What's going on with Orion? (Jan 4), Is the List alive? (Jan 4), Any news from Orion yet?? (Jan 15), Orion Team Needs New List Software (Mar 14), Impossible getting the attention of the orion (support) team. Are they still around? (Mar 19), Is the list dead? (Apr 25) - Since then, hiring the right people has not occurred. - On Apr 18, Randy Kemp suggested Ironflare contact MySQL, which is also in Sweden (A Swedish Idea). Like me, Randy was ridiculed by people, like Hani, who used terms such as bizarre, this whole ridiculous discussion and fairy tale. - On Apr 23, I reported a production licensing violation directly to Karl. He did not respond. - On Apr 24, I reported the production licensing violation to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karl responded, stating, We'll check into it. - On May 8, I asked Karl for a status on the licensing violation, but to date, have gotten no response. - On Jun 6, Bryan Young posted the following to this group: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. - On Jun 6, I responded, refering to the A Swedish Idea thread and stating, I TOLD YOU SO. I also stated, I admire the way they've managed to build a decent product without having to hire testers. - On Jun 7, the day after my post, Karl responded via orion-interest, stating, We've never been in it for the money, but that doesn't mean that you
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
If I recall correctly, BEA did not challenge them (Ironflare/Evermind)with any numbers of their own, they just wanted them to remove their BEA reference. That would have appeared to have been just an action by BEA spin doctors and the legal department. So I will be interested when Oracle runs its J2EE container (i.e. Orion) vs BEA. I suspect, by the way, that Oracle will handle its users concerns. They probably have a number of developers who are up-to-snuff on Orion. It remains to be seen, but if a company wants a name-brand, investor-friendly product, I would happily recomend they use Oracle over BEA or WAS - or that they at least bring them in for the running. --- Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet! __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: Oracle deal gag
Enough! -Original Message- From: Johan Fredriksson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:40 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal gag What is your point? Johan - Original Message - From: Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:51 PM Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem to be getting in respose is a descent into your own personal madness. How about summing up the problems you have in a few short lines that won't cause cynics like me to laugh or respond so unpleasantly? Hani In spite of your personal attacks on my mental condition, I will try one more time to deal with facts and give yet another summary. Before doing so, let me state that yesterday I made a third attempt to post my response to Karl. I also sent it directly to Mike Cannon-Brookes asking him to post it. So, three times now I've tried. Let me ask you and the group, how many times must I try and fail to post that message before you will believe that it's getting blocked? Seriously, just pick a number and I'll try that many times. Here's the summary: - 6 months ago (Dec 7), Karl stated, resources will initially be spent more on building the organization and hiring the right people than would be necessary if we didn't make the expansion. - Since then, there have been several threads about lack of support: www.orionserver.com down again (Dec 13), What's going on with Orion? (Jan 4), Is the List alive? (Jan 4), Any news from Orion yet?? (Jan 15), Orion Team Needs New List Software (Mar 14), Impossible getting the attention of the orion (support) team. Are they still around? (Mar 19), Is the list dead? (Apr 25) - Since then, hiring the right people has not occurred. - On Apr 18, Randy Kemp suggested Ironflare contact MySQL, which is also in Sweden (A Swedish Idea). Like me, Randy was ridiculed by people, like Hani, who used terms such as bizarre, this whole ridiculous discussion and fairy tale. - On Apr 23, I reported a production licensing violation directly to Karl. He did not respond. - On Apr 24, I reported the production licensing violation to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karl responded, stating, We'll check into it. - On May 8, I asked Karl for a status on the licensing violation, but to date, have gotten no response. - On Jun 6, Bryan Young posted the following to this group: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. - On Jun 6, I responded, refering to the A Swedish Idea thread and stating, I TOLD YOU SO. I also stated, I admire the way they've managed to build a decent product without having to hire testers. - On Jun 7, the day after my post, Karl responded via orion-interest, stating, We've never been in it for the money, but that doesn't mean that you can survive in this society forever without having any money. - On Jun 7, I tried to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - On Jun 8, I made my second attempt to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - On Jun 10, I made my third attempt to respond to Karl via orion-interest. - I have tried three times to post my response to Karl, and been called mentally unstable for suggesting that they might be blocking negative comments. - Neither Ironflare nor Oracle have ever really announced their relationship. It's not announced at www.orionserver.com. Go to http://www.oracle.com and look at their JavaOne pages and search for Orion. It's buried in the user manual, but not announced. So, my conclusions are: - Ironflare/Evermind has not hired testers or other staff as promised 6 months ago. They don't have to, because the user community does all of that (and more) for them. - Ironflare is in it, at least in part, for big money; otherwise, they would have collected from the production license violator. - Ironflare will leave you hanging if you report license violations. - Ironflare may be censoring messages. I can't lay it out much better than that. So, attack one of these facts and quit challenging my mental condition. From the asylum, Jay
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). No, BEA didn't challenge the claim. BEA refuses anyone (IBM, etc.) to publish performance specs for comparison purposes. The result was that Orion couldn't say We did this in X, and BEA did it in Y. Orion is hardly unique in this. Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Or Oracle... but wait, that might make the Oracle deal a win for Orion users. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I've done well without it. I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). And usually if people know your problem, they'll get to it here, too. Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Heh, you haven't LOOKED at Oracle much, have you? They *already* have support networks in place... Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet! --- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adjacency.org/ IT Consultant
RE: Oracle deal gag
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RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
EW, Great news, seriously. Do you know whether or not the same/similar documentation is or will be available on orion-support.com or orionserver.com? Jay At 10:53 AM 6/11/01 -0700, you wrote: J, I am an oracle customer. All you have to do is call support, and they answer questions about orion. They also have good attempt at documentation: http://technet.oracle.com/docs/tech/java/oc4j/htdocs/getstart.htm#1016486 You will have to create an account with otn, but that's pretty easy to do by going to : http://technet.oracle.com/index.html, and clicking the membership link. Its free. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Armstrong Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:22 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet!
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
Joseph, Generally, I agree, but... I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). And usually if people know your problem, they'll get to it here, too. Agree. But most major customers avoid semi-open products because of the perception (right or wrong) that they can't purchase support, even if they have money to burn. I have argued that the orion-interest response is generally more accurate (than BEA, IBM Sun) because the big players must hide their embarassing flaws from the competition. This is why I believe Oracle MAY (not for sure! No flames please!) put pressure on Ironflare to be less forthcoming about internal flaws. Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Heh, you haven't LOOKED at Oracle much, have you? They *already* have support networks in place... The buck stops here sign is on Karl's and Magnus' desk, right? I hope they don't usually ride in the same car together all time. :) Stuck in the asylum, Jay At 03:42 PM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). No, BEA didn't challenge the claim. BEA refuses anyone (IBM, etc.) to publish performance specs for comparison purposes. The result was that Orion couldn't say We did this in X, and BEA did it in Y. Orion is hardly unique in this. Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Or Oracle... but wait, that might make the Oracle deal a win for Orion users. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I've done well without it. I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). And usually if people know your problem, they'll get to it here, too. Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Heh, you haven't LOOKED at Oracle much, have you? They *already* have support networks in place... Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet! --- Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adjacency.org
RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.
You might also want to look at the following link for how to papers http://otn.oracle.com/products/jdev/content.html Near the bottom you'll see: JDeveloper 3.2 Technical Information HTMLHow To Deploy a BC4J Application to the Oracle9iAS J2EE Container HTMLHow To Develop EJB Session Beans and Deploy Them to the Oracle9iAS J2EE Container HTMLHow To Develop Entity Beans and Deploy Them to the Oracle9iAS J2EE Container HTMLHow To Remotely Debug a Java Servlet on the Oracle9iAS J2EE Container Don -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of elephantwalker Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 11:53 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. J, I am an oracle customer. All you have to do is call support, and they answer questions about orion. They also have good attempt at documentation: http://technet.oracle.com/docs/tech/java/oc4j/htdocs/getstart.htm#1016486 You will have to create an account with otn, but that's pretty easy to do by going to : http://technet.oracle.com/index.html, and clicking the membership link. Its free. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Armstrong Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:22 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the orionserver.com site (I think BEA challenged the claim). Also, one of the first questions I get asked when recommending software for clients is about support. It's probably the primary reason why major systems do not rely on open products, or semi-open products like Orion. Yes, Karl and Magnus built a fabulous product, but where's the support (documentation, help desk, etc)? I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). Who will handle this for Orion/Oracle? Karl and Magnus? They rarely respond now, so don't you think they could get even more overwhelmed? Please, point me to where Ellison talked about support. Jay At 09:32 AM 6/11/01 -0500, you wrote: On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts of documentation that said Orion is better then Weblogic, but BEA would have paid it no attention. However, when Oracle says Oracle is better then Weblogic, BEA certainly takes notice! I consider this a great victory for Ironflare, the J2EE community, and every single young person hacking away in his garage. This proves it--a few talented and committed developers can accomplish anything they set their minds too. I think Larry Ellison said it best, when, at JavaOne, he said We have thrown out literally all of our old Java code. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations is we had to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. And we, all of us on this list, know what Larry Ellison was really saying... We replaced all our old Java code with the code from a small Swedish company called Ironflare. The reason we threw away all of our old J2EE implementations was that, plain and simple, these two Swedish guys are studs, and had managed to build a high performance, scaleable version of J2EE when we had largely failed internally. We think that this is a huge breakthrough for the entire Java community because it addresses the single biggest threat to Java, which is performance. -LARRY ELLISON CEO, ORACLE Now, that is sweet!
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EW, The message to which you replied has a slightly different title and is from my alternate email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED]). It went through just fine. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley and Hani Suleiman, who described the problem as a pebble), were complimentary of the deal, and/or tried to change the subject. Seems odd to me that not one, single critical comment about the most important business deal in Orion Server's history came after mine, unless the thread was being censored. I would point out one of Karl's statements in his reply to me: The purpose of the orion-interest has always been to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge between our users, not as a channel to communicate with us. I interpret the statement above to be a veiled warning that big brother is watching and not to criticize Ironflare via orion-interest. Don't you also find it odd that Ironflare did not make this announcement? Rather, it came from Bryan Young's discovery after trying oc4j. My guess is that Ironflare, possibly under orders from Oracle, wanted to keep this quiet and is now attempting damage control. If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell, though it could also be that open discussions are not and have never been allowed in this interest group. Jay At 04:37 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: J, There have been lags and blackholes on the list last week. I suspect this is because the two gents have been in San Francisco in the last week, and have not been unable to keep up the maintenance. Sunday and Monday, and some of Tuesday lastweek there were no messages. Its a list problem...don't blame Orion. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J Armstrong Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 3:50 PM To: Orion-Interest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Oracle deal gag Just for fun, try bitching about the original issue. I tried twice (two days ago and one day ago) to respond to Karl Avendal's response to me on this thread and it's not showing up. At 12:48 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: Haha, I know... Hani just said we should bitch so I did :P - Phillip --- elephantwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys will fix their ejb 2.0. Please log the references issue and bidirectional relations problem with bugzilla, they will fix it. Regards, the elephantwalker __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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From: Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] EW, [snip] After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley and Hani Suleiman, who described the problem as a pebble), were complimentary of the deal, and/or tried to change the subject. Seems odd to me that not one, single critical comment about the most important business deal in Orion Server's history came after mine, unless the thread was being censored. Have you considered the remote possibility that everybody else frequenting this forum might just happen to not share your opinion regarding the deal? I would point out one of Karl's statements in his reply to me: The purpose of the orion-interest has always been to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge between our users, not as a channel to communicate with us. Sounds fair enough. Paying licensees enjoy the benefits of having a support channel directly to Ironflare. Non-paying users enjoy the benefits of having a public forum in which to discuss issues regarding the Orion product. The state being as it is, at Ironflare, with very few employees so far, and the focus being on development, I would find it surprising to see either Karl or Magnus spending lots of time in this forum. Should a significant portion of the users of this forum come to the conclusion that this forum is unfit for its intended purpose, there is a very simple solution: Start another one, e.g an egroup. I interpret the statement above to be a veiled warning that big brother is watching and not to criticize Ironflare via orion-interest. Oh dear. Let's see if this one comes through, to test the theory. Ironflare: - When it comes to announcing major changes and/or updates in the Orion product and/or the Ironflare company, you, at this time, suck! - Your official website is among the most static ones I have ever seen. You should put more effort in publishing current information regarding the product and the company on a regular basis, as in daily or at least weekly, on the website. If the irony wasn't obvious; I, for one, find the very idea that Ironflare would try to censor this forum ludicrous. I would be _extremely_ surprised to find my criticism above being removed for any reason. I would be happy to receive any feedback from Ironflare regarding it, though, but that seems unlikely at this time, this forum not being an official channel. I have found that an email directly to Ironflare tends to get more attention. I am not saying that I wouldn't like Ironflare to more actively participate in this forum. On the contrary, I think that would be great! But _not_ if it affects development and bug squashing adversely. _DO_, by all means, update the website more regularly, though! Don't you also find it odd that Ironflare did not make this announcement? Rather, it came from Bryan Young's discovery after trying oc4j. My guess is that Ironflare, possibly under orders from Oracle, wanted to keep this quiet and is now attempting damage control. Could you please elaborate on exactly how you came to that conclusion? If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell, though it could also be that open discussions are not and have never been allowed in this interest group. Ridiculous. It might be that I am a Swede myself, but to me it just seems totally unlikely, from what I have heard and read about Karl Magnus. Let's hope I am not proven to be wrong. That would be a sad day indeed. Jay Best regards, David
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Jay, Might I say in advance that I've read your posts in the past and they are good, however this one is severly off the mark and badly wrong in judgement. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley and Hani Suleiman, who described the problem as a pebble), were complimentary of the deal, and/or tried to change the subject. Seems odd to me that not one, single critical comment about the most important business deal in Orion Server's history came after mine, unless the thread was being censored. There is NO censorship on this list, I know the guys and trust me when I say there isn't. There have been list problems of late with the whole IronFlare team in SF - I'm sure they will be rectified soon. (For note I sent a very complimentary email that also didn't get through) I would point out one of Karl's statements in his reply to me: The purpose of the orion-interest has always been to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge between our users, not as a channel to communicate with us. I interpret the statement above to be a veiled warning that big brother is watching and not to criticize Ironflare via orion-interest. I think you've been watching too much reality TV. IronFlare have never shied away from negative comment (much on this list). Quiet they may be, big brother they are not. Don't you also find it odd that Ironflare did not make this announcement? Rather, it came from Bryan Young's discovery after trying oc4j. My guess is that Ironflare, possibly under orders from Oracle, wanted to keep this quiet and is now attempting damage control. Yes odd indeed. Let me see: - Oracle has a press / marketing team of hundreds of individuals. - IronFlare doesn't have enough people to answer sales emails - IronFlare team is in SF, with little time to send out PRs - Oracle announces the deal first - shock horror!! If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell, though it could also be that open discussions are not and have never been allowed in this interest group. I've spoken to the guys and they assure me it's a list problem. There is no censorship here, never has, never will be. The product stands on it's merits, nothing else. -mike PS Sorry if this comes across as angry, I am. I'm sick of people sledging the IronFlare folks whenever anything happens. They're great guys, with a killer product, and they're working their guts out. Because they don't spend as much time as you deem necessary on PR, they're somehow Machiavellian ? Cut them some slack!
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Now you need to come up with an even more convoluted conspiracy theory as to why THIS email you sent was 'allowed to make it through'. On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: EW, The message to which you replied has a slightly different title and is from my alternate email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED]). It went through just fine. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley and Hani Suleiman, who described the problem as a pebble), were complimentary of the deal, and/or tried to change the subject. Seems odd to me that not one, single critical comment about the most important business deal in Orion Server's history came after mine, unless the thread was being censored. I would point out one of Karl's statements in his reply to me: The purpose of the orion-interest has always been to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge between our users, not as a channel to communicate with us. I interpret the statement above to be a veiled warning that big brother is watching and not to criticize Ironflare via orion-interest. Don't you also find it odd that Ironflare did not make this announcement? Rather, it came from Bryan Young's discovery after trying oc4j. My guess is that Ironflare, possibly under orders from Oracle, wanted to keep this quiet and is now attempting damage control. If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell, though it could also be that open discussions are not and have never been allowed in this interest group. Jay At 04:37 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: J, There have been lags and blackholes on the list last week. I suspect this is because the two gents have been in San Francisco in the last week, and have not been unable to keep up the maintenance. Sunday and Monday, and some of Tuesday lastweek there were no messages. Its a list problem...don't blame Orion. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J Armstrong Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 3:50 PM To: Orion-Interest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Oracle deal gag Just for fun, try bitching about the original issue. I tried twice (two days ago and one day ago) to respond to Karl Avendal's response to me on this thread and it's not showing up. At 12:48 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: Haha, I know... Hani just said we should bitch so I did :P - Phillip --- elephantwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys will fix their ejb 2.0. Please log the references issue and bidirectional relations problem with bugzilla, they will fix it. Regards, the elephantwalker __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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Okay, EW. I'll agree that some things are apparently not getting through. They can write a great J2EE product, but can't get their list server to work. My dog at my homework. Now that I've tried for the third time to post my response to Karl, and asked for Mike Cannon-Brookes to post it, we'll see if it comes through. If it ever posts (or I send it to you directly), you will see that I tried to help Ironflare by reporting a licensing violation. They showed little interest. The emails were directly to Karl. Other than a we'll check into it (after my second message), I've seen no response. I asked for a follow up which, again, I sent directly to Karl. I took a huge risk for them and they left me hanging. Try blaming that on their list server or having them deny that I informed them. They don't give a damn about $1,500 production licenses because they bagged the elephant (not you, Oracle). Another point is that Oracle has licensed the world's greatest J2EE platform from a company that has a handful of employees, no support, little documentation, no help desk, and cannot make their list server work. Seems to make perfect sense to everyone except me. Jay At 11:05 AM 6/10/01 -0700, you wrote: J, The list is a little broken. Yesterday I sent this email, and it didn't go through (see attachement). It could be that some of your emails have not gone through because the list is not working properly. I think it would be better if we graduated to Jives. If anybody knows the principals, suggest this alternative to the email list. Its free, and works with several free databases. regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Armstrong Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 1:36 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag EW, The message to which you replied has a slightly different title and is from my alternate email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED]). It went through just fine. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley and Hani Suleiman, who described the problem as a pebble), were complimentary of the deal, and/or tried to change the subject. Seems odd to me that not one, single critical comment about the most important business deal in Orion Server's history came after mine, unless the thread was being censored. I would point out one of Karl's statements in his reply to me: The purpose of the orion-interest has always been to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge between our users, not as a channel to communicate with us. I interpret the statement above to be a veiled warning that big brother is watching and not to criticize Ironflare via orion-interest. Don't you also find it odd that Ironflare did not make this announcement? Rather, it came from Bryan Young's discovery after trying oc4j. My guess is that Ironflare, possibly under orders from Oracle, wanted to keep this quiet and is now attempting damage control. If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell, though it could also be that open discussions are not and have never been allowed in this interest group. Jay At 04:37 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: J, There have been lags and blackholes on the list last week. I suspect this is because the two gents have been in San Francisco in the last week, and have not been unable to keep up the maintenance. Sunday and Monday, and some of Tuesday lastweek there were no messages. Its a list problem...don't blame Orion. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J Armstrong Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 3:50 PM To: Orion-Interest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Oracle deal gag Just for fun, try bitching about the original issue. I tried twice (two days ago and one day ago) to respond to Karl Avendal's response to me on this thread and it's not showing up. At 12:48 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: Haha, I know... Hani just said we should bitch so I did :P - Phillip --- elephantwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys will fix their ejb 2.0. Please log the references issue and bidirectional relations problem with bugzilla, they will fix it. Regards, the elephantwalker __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ From: elephantwalker
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Depending on the country, enforcing a license can be a problem. In the US, all the licensor need do is contact the isp which is hosting the site, and notify them of a copywrite violation. The law is pretty clear about that one. The isp has to take them down. In other countries, they may have no protection or they may have to take civil action. If the civil action doesn't envolve much of a penalty, what's the point? So there could be several reasons why they haven't taken action, and usually these reasons involve money. So as far as I am concerned, its their own business. If they were smart, they would post a reward for reporting licensing violations. Oracle has a history of licensing good software, unlike M$ who has a history of buying or copying good software. We should count ourselves as lucky that Oracle licensed Orion. Now they should have the money to expand their operation. This is important to understand. If there were 100 licensees of orion, that would be only $150,000 of revenue. If there were 1000 licensees of orion, that would be much more, but I dont' think they have that many licensees. Even with a budget of $1,500,000 per year, that is only enough for 5-7 employees plus overheadand they would have to sell 1000 licenses each year to meet that budget. I don't know what the deal is with Oracle, but it should be enough for them to grow beyond 10 people...and this is a GOOD thing for orion licensees. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Armstrong Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:54 PM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag Okay, EW. I'll agree that some things are apparently not getting through. They can write a great J2EE product, but can't get their list server to work. My dog at my homework. Now that I've tried for the third time to post my response to Karl, and asked for Mike Cannon-Brookes to post it, we'll see if it comes through. If it ever posts (or I send it to you directly), you will see that I tried to help Ironflare by reporting a licensing violation. They showed little interest. The emails were directly to Karl. Other than a we'll check into it (after my second message), I've seen no response. I asked for a follow up which, again, I sent directly to Karl. I took a huge risk for them and they left me hanging. Try blaming that on their list server or having them deny that I informed them. They don't give a damn about $1,500 production licenses because they bagged the elephant (not you, Oracle). Another point is that Oracle has licensed the world's greatest J2EE platform from a company that has a handful of employees, no support, little documentation, no help desk, and cannot make their list server work. Seems to make perfect sense to everyone except me. Jay At 11:05 AM 6/10/01 -0700, you wrote: J, The list is a little broken. Yesterday I sent this email, and it didn't go through (see attachement). It could be that some of your emails have not gone through because the list is not working properly. I think it would be better if we graduated to Jives. If anybody knows the principals, suggest this alternative to the email list. Its free, and works with several free databases. regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Armstrong Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 1:36 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag EW, The message to which you replied has a slightly different title and is from my alternate email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED]). It went through just fine. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley and Hani Suleiman, who described the problem as a pebble), were complimentary of the deal, and/or tried to change the subject. Seems odd to me that not one, single critical comment about the most important business deal in Orion Server's history came after mine, unless the thread was being censored. I would point out one of Karl's statements in his reply to me: The purpose of the orion-interest has always been to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge between our users, not as a channel to communicate with us. I interpret the statement above to be a veiled warning that big brother is watching and not to criticize Ironflare via orion-interest. Don't you also find it odd that Ironflare did not make this announcement? Rather, it came from Bryan Young's discovery after trying oc4j. My guess is that Ironflare, possibly under orders from Oracle, wanted to keep this quiet and is now attempting damage control. If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell, though it could also be that open discussions are not and have never been allowed
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From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...paranoia...] Have you ever considered that maybe your communications are being intercepted and preprocessed by a CIA computer? Do you hear clicking noises every time you pick up the phone? You have accidentally sumbled across The Swedish Conspiracy. Ironflare is actually a front company for arms smuggling: It is a little known fact that Larry Ellison converted to a radical reactionary Islamic sect recently. Oracle purchases app servers from Ironflare, Ironflare uses the money to purchase Kalishnakov rifles from nearby Russia, and a renegade CIA group smuggles them into Afghanistan to support the Taliban. Magnus and Karl are ficticious identities; in fact their names are acronyms for Make Arms Gifts Neglecting Upgrading Software and Keep Armstrong's Replies Limited. Now that you have now exposed yourself and your knowledge, the Men In Black will be coming for you soon. Good luck! Jeff Schnitzer
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...CLIP... If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell,... ...CLIP... Since you are even able to say Time will tell why don't you just wait and see if Ironflare's personality changes over time instead of assuming the worst. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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Even paranoid people have enemies. I've never suggested a conspiracy. The response I got from Karl was an immediate reaction to my comment that their testing was done for free. Now testing/bug reporting by the open community will directly help Oracle. Try dealing with facts. Six months ago, Karl stated they were hiring more people. There have been several threads about their lack of support since then. They still have only hired, maybe, a few (one?) additional employees. They seem to have no interest in collecting for production licenses. Out of the blue comes a deal with Oracle and they don't even announce it on the site. But since you think you're so frigging smart, let's compare our knowledge of the US intelligence community. My brother-in-law broke the code for the Unabomber's diary. No kidding. Check it out for yourself. His name is Mike Birch. He's retired US Navy and now an FBI cryptographer. He lives in Glen Bernie, MD, just outside Baltimore. You want his phone number? He was to testify in California, just before the Unabomber confessed. (see http://www.cnn.com/US/9712/27/unabomb.diary/) Mike's married to Florence Erolin, my wife's sister. I named our corporation Erolin, Inc after their family name. I assure you, the US intelligence community monitors the web constantly, and not just for viruses. They do tap phones. They do forge documents, etc, etc etc. From 1986 to the early 90's, I held a Top Secret SBI clearance in the US Air Force and was a security manager and foreign disclosure officer. When I managed the sale of $300M of F-16 jet engines to Egypt, there was a sizeable fund (millions) for bribes. I've talked to people in military intelligence who monitor phones for a living. What are your credentials, dumbass? I also have contacts in the World Bank. Ever hear of them? Are you stupid enough to think that they just give out charity loans to struggling countries? My wife dated a CIA employee overseas who worked at a front company in her country. His job was to psychologically evaluate returning field agents. I wonder why they might need psychological help? Are you suggesting that the US intelligence community (CIA, FBI and NSA) are not monitoring Web communications? You probably think they don't fly spy planes near China, send classified satellites up on the space shuttle, have the ability to tell you what kind of cigarette you're smoking from a satellite 90 miles above you, destroy the economies of countries, etc. Surprise! They've been doing that and more for many years. You probably don't believe corporate espionage exists, either. Seriously, smartass, I'd like a 'yes' or 'no' answer from you: do you really think the CIA doesn't monitor the web? Sorry about going off topic, but I'd like to avoid sarcasm and, please, just address the facts about the Oracle deal. At 02:30 PM 6/10/01 -0700, you wrote: From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...paranoia...] Have you ever considered that maybe your communications are being intercepted and preprocessed by a CIA computer? Do you hear clicking noises every time you pick up the phone? You have accidentally sumbled across The Swedish Conspiracy. Ironflare is actually a front company for arms smuggling: It is a little known fact that Larry Ellison converted to a radical reactionary Islamic sect recently. Oracle purchases app servers from Ironflare, Ironflare uses the money to purchase Kalishnakov rifles from nearby Russia, and a renegade CIA group smuggles them into Afghanistan to support the Taliban. Magnus and Karl are ficticious identities; in fact their names are acronyms for Make Arms Gifts Neglecting Upgrading Software and Keep Armstrong's Replies Limited. Now that you have now exposed yourself and your knowledge, the Men In Black will be coming for you soon. Good luck! Jeff Schnitzer
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Well, you're kinda asking for it, but your credentials clearly show why you're so paranoid and are on very, umm, thin ground when it comes to mental well being. We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem to be getting in respose is a descent into your own personal madness. How about summing up the problems you have in a few short lines that won't cause cynics like me to laugh or respond so unpleasantly? If you had legitimate concerns that made people think 'ohyeah!' then I'm sure you'd get a suitably well considered reply. I wouldn't hold my breath though for any kind of 'official' reply as you've shown them why they should never reply to people on this list. Hani On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Even paranoid people have enemies. I've never suggested a conspiracy. The response I got from Karl was an immediate reaction to my comment that their testing was done for free. Now testing/bug reporting by the open community will directly help Oracle. Try dealing with facts. Six months ago, Karl stated they were hiring more people. There have been several threads about their lack of support since then. They still have only hired, maybe, a few (one?) additional employees. They seem to have no interest in collecting for production licenses. Out of the blue comes a deal with Oracle and they don't even announce it on the site. But since you think you're so frigging smart, let's compare our knowledge of the US intelligence community. My brother-in-law broke the code for the Unabomber's diary. No kidding. Check it out for yourself. His name is Mike Birch. He's retired US Navy and now an FBI cryptographer. He lives in Glen Bernie, MD, just outside Baltimore. You want his phone number? He was to testify in California, just before the Unabomber confessed. (see http://www.cnn.com/US/9712/27/unabomb.diary/) Mike's married to Florence Erolin, my wife's sister. I named our corporation Erolin, Inc after their family name. I assure you, the US intelligence community monitors the web constantly, and not just for viruses. They do tap phones. They do forge documents, etc, etc etc. From 1986 to the early 90's, I held a Top Secret SBI clearance in the US Air Force and was a security manager and foreign disclosure officer. When I managed the sale of $300M of F-16 jet engines to Egypt, there was a sizeable fund (millions) for bribes. I've talked to people in military intelligence who monitor phones for a living. What are your credentials, dumbass? I also have contacts in the World Bank. Ever hear of them? Are you stupid enough to think that they just give out charity loans to struggling countries? My wife dated a CIA employee overseas who worked at a front company in her country. His job was to psychologically evaluate returning field agents. I wonder why they might need psychological help? Are you suggesting that the US intelligence community (CIA, FBI and NSA) are not monitoring Web communications? You probably think they don't fly spy planes near China, send classified satellites up on the space shuttle, have the ability to tell you what kind of cigarette you're smoking from a satellite 90 miles above you, destroy the economies of countries, etc. Surprise! They've been doing that and more for many years. You probably don't believe corporate espionage exists, either. Seriously, smartass, I'd like a 'yes' or 'no' answer from you: do you really think the CIA doesn't monitor the web? Sorry about going off topic, but I'd like to avoid sarcasm and, please, just address the facts about the Oracle deal. At 02:30 PM 6/10/01 -0700, you wrote: From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...paranoia...] Have you ever considered that maybe your communications are being intercepted and preprocessed by a CIA computer? Do you hear clicking noises every time you pick up the phone? You have accidentally sumbled across The Swedish Conspiracy. Ironflare is actually a front company for arms smuggling: It is a little known fact that Larry Ellison converted to a radical reactionary Islamic sect recently. Oracle purchases app servers from Ironflare, Ironflare uses the money to purchase Kalishnakov rifles from nearby Russia, and a renegade CIA group smuggles them into Afghanistan to support the Taliban. Magnus and Karl are ficticious identities; in fact their names are acronyms for Make Arms Gifts Neglecting Upgrading Software and Keep Armstrong's Replies Limited. Now that you have now exposed yourself and your knowledge, the Men In Black will be coming for you soon. Good luck! Jeff Schnitzer
Re: Oracle deal
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Paul Kofon wrote: Now this is the scary part: Make Orion unusable by providing partial implementations for the new stuff in J2EE while providing little or no support. And since everyone knows Orion has been packaged under another brand name by some big guy with plenty of resources, they can go to him! You should tell all the people deploying Orion on a production site this, I don't think they know that their appserver of choice is 'unusable'. Seriously though folks, I don't see the need to somehow turn the Orion folk into big bad mean people with some kind of hidden agenda and a master scheme that involves fooling all of us hapless users, or exploiting us for cheap labour or any such silliness. The Oracle deal is a good thing for everyone, it's vindication for us all and proves for those who ever had doubts that Orion is a serious product. Can we now get on with bitching about EJB 2.0 support and other more...ahem...productive topics? Hani
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-- Hani Suleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we now get on with bitching about EJB 2.0 support and other more...ahem...productive topics? OK, let me start... I would like to begin ranting about how Orion does not yet properly remove references in entity beans to child entities in EJB2.0 CMR relations! Nor support bidirectional relations. Nor support EJB QL. How's that? - Phillip __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys will fix their ejb 2.0. Please log the references issue and bidirectional relations problem with bugzilla, they will fix it. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Ross Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:45 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal -- Hani Suleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we now get on with bitching about EJB 2.0 support and other more...ahem...productive topics? OK, let me start... I would like to begin ranting about how Orion does not yet properly remove references in entity beans to child entities in EJB2.0 CMR relations! Nor support bidirectional relations. Nor support EJB QL. How's that? - Phillip __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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Haha, I know... Hani just said we should bitch so I did :P - Phillip --- elephantwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys will fix their ejb 2.0. Please log the references issue and bidirectional relations problem with bugzilla, they will fix it. Regards, the elephantwalker __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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Since a large part of the EJB2.0 spec has not completely gelled (especially relationships), you would be foolish to point a critical finger at Orion for their very hard work to implement a spec that is still in flux. Please try to keep things in perspective, your rant has next to nothing to do with Ironflair. Regards -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Ross Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 11:45 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal -- Hani Suleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we now get on with bitching about EJB 2.0 support and other more...ahem...productive topics? OK, let me start... I would like to begin ranting about how Orion does not yet properly remove references in entity beans to child entities in EJB2.0 CMR relations! Nor support bidirectional relations. Nor support EJB QL. How's that? - Phillip __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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Hi, I guess the questions regarding OC4J should go to the Oracle Technet discussion forums (http://otn.oracle.com). The forums are read by Oracle and I know that they answer the questions as soon as they can (and have an answer). Thanks From: Mike Cannon-Brookes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Oracle deal Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 11:34:27 +1000 I've never seen behaviour like this, and yes I run a few 24x7 sites on Orion. My boxes are usually dual P3-866's, each with 1 gig RAM, running RedHat and Sun JDK 1.3. -mike Mike Cannon-Brookes - Founder, Core Developer OpenSymphony - http://www.opensymphony.com The Open Source J2EE Component Project Latest News - Cache in on faster, more reliable JSPs http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2001/jw-0504-cache.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Metla, Suri Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:49 AM To: Orion-Interest Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Oracle deal Hi all, I am running Oracle's oc4j ( i.e. Orion 1.5.0.) on Solaris BOX having 1G RAM, 12 CPU's box. We are now testing the Orion Server for the Scalability and Load test. We are running the Simple Jsp , for a duration of one day Using the Load runner with 50 user concurrency. The server Crashes after 3Hrs of test run giving the error. Warning: Error reading transaction-log file (/app/ias1022/j2ee/home/persistence/transaction.state) for recovery: premature end of file Forced or abrubt (crash etc) server shutdown detected, starting recovery process... Recovery completed, 0 connections committed and 0 rolled back.. Any one know about this behavior of Orion. Is this OC4J is scalable?. Is any one running the 24-7 sites using this Orion Application Server?. Thanks In advance. Regards, Suri -Original Message- From: Darren Gibbons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 6:41 PM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal I agree fully. This is good for Orion, for Oracle, and us as developers. The indication that I've been getting at JavaOne is that this deal is similar to the JBuilder deal -- Oracle licenses the source code, and goes off and forks it, adding their own value-add features. Orion is free to keep on doing what they do best, albeit with a (hopefully very large) deposit to their bank account. At some point in the future, Oracle may license Orion again (just like Oracle recently licensed the latest JBuilder for their next release of JDeveloper), but they don't have to. The bottom line is that rather than recommending JRun on the low-end for clients, and BEA on the high-end, I'll be able to recommend Orion *or* Oracle, and know that I'm getting a high-quality product either way. Oracle's licensing is a huge validation for Orion, not just for technical reasons (I think everyone on the list knows it's a good product), but also in terms of mindshare and comfort level of those who sign the cheques. Code and be happy. Darren. PS IronFlare has hired another developer, and Magnus has some good things coming in terms of management tools and J2EE 1.3 integration. Now is when things really start to get interesting... On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 02:41:51PM -0700, Robert S. Sfeir wrote: Why can't everyone just enjoy and bask in the moment? It seems that every time something happens on this list, we all have to start whyning! If things suck later, just change to different app server if you're unhappy with the results. This just means that: 1- Orion kicks butt 2- Oracle's App Server was shameful and they saw the power of Orion 3- IronFlare has more money to work with, and perhaps add more support folks or more designer to go faster and better. It's not like we never have, and never will have another choice for an app server. This move justifies my pitch to clients now, and soon I many not even tell them Orion, I will say the Oracle App Server if the client is a bit gun-shy on using something other than Weblogic. Just my opinion. R Robert S. Sfeir Director of Software Development PERCEPTICON corporation, in Joint Venture With JTransit San Francisco, CA 94123 pw - http://www.percepticon.com/ jw - http://jtransit.com e- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Darren Gibbons[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenRoad Communications ph: 604.681.0516 Internet Application Development fax: 604.681.0916 Vancouver, B.C. http://www.openroad.ca _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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Just for fun, try bitching about the original issue. I tried twice (two days ago and one day ago) to respond to Karl Avendal's response to me on this thread and it's not showing up. At 12:48 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: Haha, I know... Hani just said we should bitch so I did :P - Phillip --- elephantwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys will fix their ejb 2.0. Please log the references issue and bidirectional relations problem with bugzilla, they will fix it. Regards, the elephantwalker __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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J, There have been lags and blackholes on the list last week. I suspect this is because the two gents have been in San Francisco in the last week, and have not been unable to keep up the maintenance. Sunday and Monday, and some of Tuesday lastweek there were no messages. Its a list problem...don't blame Orion. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J Armstrong Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 3:50 PM To: Orion-Interest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Oracle deal gag Just for fun, try bitching about the original issue. I tried twice (two days ago and one day ago) to respond to Karl Avendal's response to me on this thread and it's not showing up. At 12:48 PM 6/9/01 -0700, you wrote: Haha, I know... Hani just said we should bitch so I did :P - Phillip --- elephantwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys will fix their ejb 2.0. Please log the references issue and bidirectional relations problem with bugzilla, they will fix it. Regards, the elephantwalker __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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I knew all along that this would happen, I just wasn't sure which one of the big companies it would be. As far as I was concerned (and I definitely am wrong sometimes) the guys at Orion thought: Hey we've got a good product, everyone who lives on the J2EE planet knows that already. Have a deal with one of the big guys and sell them this wonderful technology that has been tested thoroughly for free by those very enthusiastic Java geeks! Now this is the scary part: Make Orion unusable by providing partial implementations for the new stuff in J2EE while providing little or no support. And since everyone knows Orion has been packaged under another brand name by some big guy with plenty of resources, they can go to him! That way, we at Ironflare are making money, the big guy is making money and everyone is using Orion! Well, it probably didn't happen like that, but what gave me concern the most was the fact that the guys at Orion suddenly became unreachable at a time and then later came out with a story that they had to reorganise and create a real company - Ironflare. I guess this company was created for the sole purpose of dealing with those big guys who, as it turned out, were interested in licensing or purchasing Orion. Well, that said, I bear Ironflare no grudge, on the contrary, I'm proud of them and think very highly of them! They're free to do whatever they choose to do and that includes making money and having strange or capitalistic bed fellows like Or(ion)acle. However, I can't help but wonder which version Oracle got - 1.4.5, 1.5.2 or 2.0! Paul PS I must add that I'm happy because one of our clients had insisted on using Oracle 9iAS. The project is meant to commence in July. I and the guys at my company had our fears since we knew Oracle wasn't the best J2EE platform. But now they've got Orion. From: Reid Hartenbower [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Oracle deal Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:36:23 -0700 This is my fear as well, and why I am surprised by the generally favorable reactions to this deal. What will it mean for Orion, and specifically the licensing. Will everything still be free, or will Oracle turn Orion into another WebLogic? It feels a little like Microsoft just absorbed my favorite development environment. - Original Message - From: Keith Kwiatek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Oracle deal I hope this orion + oracle deal is the same as the borland jbuilder + oracle jdeveloper deal. Oracle licensed Jbuilder technology, but Borland was still free to take Jbuilder in any direction they wanted, AND oracle was free to take Jdeveloper in any direction they wanted. The end result is that Jdeveloper is way behind the curve because Oracle always buys technology for which they do not have the ability to maintain. MEANWHILE, Jbuilder is doing great and getting better and better I guess the question is Just what kinda deal did Ironflare work out with Oracle? Did Ironflare get wrapped into a straight-jacket for a few short term buck$ ? Keith - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Oracle deal What I am interested in is what are the future implications for Orion? We are about to purchase a license for Orion, but if development on Orion isn't going to be the main focus, where does that leave customers? Julian Doherty Information Systems Analyst Education Review Office Phillip Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: owner-orion-interest@orionSubject: Re: Oracle deal server.com 06/07/01 08:07 AM Please respond to Orion-Interest I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com
RE: Oracle deal
Hi all, I am running Oracle's oc4j ( i.e. Orion 1.5.0.) on Solaris BOX having 1G RAM, 12 CPU's box. We are now testing the Orion Server for the Scalability and Load test. We are running the Simple Jsp , for a duration of one day Using the Load runner with 50 user concurrency. The server Crashes after 3Hrs of test run giving the error. Warning: Error reading transaction-log file (/app/ias1022/j2ee/home/persistence/transaction.state) for recovery: premature end of file Forced or abrubt (crash etc) server shutdown detected, starting recovery process... Recovery completed, 0 connections committed and 0 rolled back.. Any one know about this behavior of Orion. Is this OC4J is scalable?. Is any one running the 24-7 sites using this Orion Application Server?. Thanks In advance. Regards, Suri -Original Message- From: Darren Gibbons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 6:41 PM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal I agree fully. This is good for Orion, for Oracle, and us as developers. The indication that I've been getting at JavaOne is that this deal is similar to the JBuilder deal -- Oracle licenses the source code, and goes off and forks it, adding their own value-add features. Orion is free to keep on doing what they do best, albeit with a (hopefully very large) deposit to their bank account. At some point in the future, Oracle may license Orion again (just like Oracle recently licensed the latest JBuilder for their next release of JDeveloper), but they don't have to. The bottom line is that rather than recommending JRun on the low-end for clients, and BEA on the high-end, I'll be able to recommend Orion *or* Oracle, and know that I'm getting a high-quality product either way. Oracle's licensing is a huge validation for Orion, not just for technical reasons (I think everyone on the list knows it's a good product), but also in terms of mindshare and comfort level of those who sign the cheques. Code and be happy. Darren. PS IronFlare has hired another developer, and Magnus has some good things coming in terms of management tools and J2EE 1.3 integration. Now is when things really start to get interesting... On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 02:41:51PM -0700, Robert S. Sfeir wrote: Why can't everyone just enjoy and bask in the moment? It seems that every time something happens on this list, we all have to start whyning! If things suck later, just change to different app server if you're unhappy with the results. This just means that: 1- Orion kicks butt 2- Oracle's App Server was shameful and they saw the power of Orion 3- IronFlare has more money to work with, and perhaps add more support folks or more designer to go faster and better. It's not like we never have, and never will have another choice for an app server. This move justifies my pitch to clients now, and soon I many not even tell them Orion, I will say the Oracle App Server if the client is a bit gun-shy on using something other than Weblogic. Just my opinion. R Robert S. Sfeir Director of Software Development PERCEPTICON corporation, in Joint Venture With JTransit San Francisco, CA 94123 pw - http://www.percepticon.com/ jw - http://jtransit.com e- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Darren Gibbons[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenRoad Communications ph: 604.681.0516 Internet Application Development fax: 604.681.0916 Vancouver, B.C. http://www.openroad.ca
RE: Oracle deal
I've never seen behaviour like this, and yes I run a few 24x7 sites on Orion. My boxes are usually dual P3-866's, each with 1 gig RAM, running RedHat and Sun JDK 1.3. -mike Mike Cannon-Brookes - Founder, Core Developer OpenSymphony - http://www.opensymphony.com The Open Source J2EE Component Project Latest News - Cache in on faster, more reliable JSPs http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2001/jw-0504-cache.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Metla, Suri Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:49 AM To: Orion-Interest Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Oracle deal Hi all, I am running Oracle's oc4j ( i.e. Orion 1.5.0.) on Solaris BOX having 1G RAM, 12 CPU's box. We are now testing the Orion Server for the Scalability and Load test. We are running the Simple Jsp , for a duration of one day Using the Load runner with 50 user concurrency. The server Crashes after 3Hrs of test run giving the error. Warning: Error reading transaction-log file (/app/ias1022/j2ee/home/persistence/transaction.state) for recovery: premature end of file Forced or abrubt (crash etc) server shutdown detected, starting recovery process... Recovery completed, 0 connections committed and 0 rolled back.. Any one know about this behavior of Orion. Is this OC4J is scalable?. Is any one running the 24-7 sites using this Orion Application Server?. Thanks In advance. Regards, Suri -Original Message- From: Darren Gibbons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 6:41 PM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal I agree fully. This is good for Orion, for Oracle, and us as developers. The indication that I've been getting at JavaOne is that this deal is similar to the JBuilder deal -- Oracle licenses the source code, and goes off and forks it, adding their own value-add features. Orion is free to keep on doing what they do best, albeit with a (hopefully very large) deposit to their bank account. At some point in the future, Oracle may license Orion again (just like Oracle recently licensed the latest JBuilder for their next release of JDeveloper), but they don't have to. The bottom line is that rather than recommending JRun on the low-end for clients, and BEA on the high-end, I'll be able to recommend Orion *or* Oracle, and know that I'm getting a high-quality product either way. Oracle's licensing is a huge validation for Orion, not just for technical reasons (I think everyone on the list knows it's a good product), but also in terms of mindshare and comfort level of those who sign the cheques. Code and be happy. Darren. PS IronFlare has hired another developer, and Magnus has some good things coming in terms of management tools and J2EE 1.3 integration. Now is when things really start to get interesting... On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 02:41:51PM -0700, Robert S. Sfeir wrote: Why can't everyone just enjoy and bask in the moment? It seems that every time something happens on this list, we all have to start whyning! If things suck later, just change to different app server if you're unhappy with the results. This just means that: 1- Orion kicks butt 2- Oracle's App Server was shameful and they saw the power of Orion 3- IronFlare has more money to work with, and perhaps add more support folks or more designer to go faster and better. It's not like we never have, and never will have another choice for an app server. This move justifies my pitch to clients now, and soon I many not even tell them Orion, I will say the Oracle App Server if the client is a bit gun-shy on using something other than Weblogic. Just my opinion. R Robert S. Sfeir Director of Software Development PERCEPTICON corporation, in Joint Venture With JTransit San Francisco, CA 94123 pw - http://www.percepticon.com/ jw - http://jtransit.com e- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Darren Gibbons[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenRoad Communications ph: 604.681.0516 Internet Application Development fax: 604.681.0916 Vancouver, B.C. http://www.openroad.ca
Re: Oracle deal
Hello Jay, Excuse me, but I'd like to say, I TOLD YOU SO!!! I like Orion, but while we've been asking, Any news from Orion yet?? (Jan 13, 2001), and functioning as free testers, they've been working on the version for Oracle. There has certainly not been any work on the version for Oracle done at any point in time (unless you mean the minimal process of making it available to them). Negotiations and other exercises in patience has obviously been stealing a lot of our time, but remember, Oracle is a customer. They're obviously a very important customer, but they're not taking over the company any more than any other customer. Why pay for the cow when you can get the milk for free? That's why they rarely answer our questions directly anymore. I don't quite understand what you're getting at here. We are very happy about all the help we get from our users. The reason for us not being able to participate much on orion-interest is not this at all. There's the reality of what happens when you start getting a large number of customers. We've never spent more time communicating to users than we do now, but still it's much harder now to answer all, or even a fifth of all questions because we simply get more and more customers having questions needing our attention. The purpose of the orion-interest has always been to promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge between our users, not as a channel to communicate with us. Early on, we had no customers. That meant that we had a lot of time to be active on this user list, but the price of actually having people use your product is that you can no longer always prioritize what you would be doing if you could choose freely. Now, I'm not complaining, because I like Orion and I will continue to use it. Ironflare has never said they were in it just as an academic exercise. I admire the way they've managed to build a decent product without having to hire testers. You might have noticed that the price we charge is somewhat lower than the mainstream price. With this price there has not been any room to employ more people than we have. If Oracle is smart, they'll look for those of us who have helped find Orion's bugs (Magnus and Karl, are you listening?) and have experience with it. I'm listening, and I hope that Oracle will take part in the user discussions with all the rest of you. And if Oracle recruits talent from this list, that would be a very nice thing. But, as I said before, they're not just Java guys in geek heaven -- they are clearly in it for the money, too. We've never been in it for the money, but that doesn't mean that you can survive in this society forever without having any money. For all this time, we've just gotten enough money to get by and pay our bills (and for a very long time we made exactly $0 per month and that's not very easy when you're fresh out of school without any savings). If we were in it for the money, what we would have done, is to sell out the company to some big J2EE vendor and let them kill off our server. What we instead chose is to make sure that our product lives on and is being spread around the world, while we can still continue to develop the product as we see fit. I think that's closer to geek-heaven than a smart decision if you're only after the money. Believe me, if we wanted to, we could have made lots more money from Orion. The reaction I've gotten on this agreement from other Orion users is that they're very happy about it, and that they see new opportunities for themselves since they can now claim to have world leading Oracle competence. I hope this agreement will bring good things to everyone of us. I know it will be good for the product, which is why we're doing this. Regards, Karl Avedal _ Do You Yahoo!? [EMAIL PROTECTED] - skaffa en gratis mailadress på http://mail.yahoo.se
Re: Oracle deal
--- Karl Avedal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm listening, and I hope that Oracle will take part in the user discussions with all the rest of you. And if Oracle recruits talent from this list, that would be a very nice thing. There are teams within Oracle Corp that read and reply to the discussion forums on technet, and for the past year and a half they've been very helpful to the oracle community.. answering questions, listening to feedback, etc. The oc4J forum has only been up for a week and already oracle staff have become active in the discussions. - Phillip __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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--- Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of you may recall that, back in April, for about a week, we had a heated, sometimes humorous discussion with the subject A Swedish Idea (for Ironflare to call their fellow Swedes at MySQL). Someone made the comment: ** ...CLIP... Excuse me, but I'd like to say, I TOLD YOU SO!!! I like Orion, but while we've been asking, Any news from Orion yet?? (Jan 13, 2001), and functioning as free testers, they've been working on the version for Oracle. Why pay for the cow when you can get the milk for free? That's why they rarely answer our questions directly anymore. ...CLIP... Now what is the value of a posting like this? You can't possibly know what Karl and Magnus are up to. Instead of trying to stir up trouble for no apparent gain to you why don't you express your concerns in a more constructive manner? Flame postings like this one are a waste of everyones time. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: Oracle deal
I hope this orion + oracle deal is the same as the borland jbuilder + oracle jdeveloper deal. Oracle licensed Jbuilder technology, but Borland was still free to take Jbuilder in any direction they wanted, AND oracle was free to take Jdeveloper in any direction they wanted. The end result is that Jdeveloper is way behind the curve because Oracle always buys technology for which they do not have the ability to maintain. MEANWHILE, Jbuilder is doing great and getting better and better I guess the question is Just what kinda deal did Ironflare work out with Oracle? Did Ironflare get wrapped into a straight-jacket for a few short term buck$ ? Keith - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Oracle deal What I am interested in is what are the future implications for Orion? We are about to purchase a license for Orion, but if development on Orion isn't going to be the main focus, where does that leave customers? Julian Doherty Information Systems Analyst Education Review Office Phillip Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: owner-orion-interest@orionSubject: Re: Oracle deal server.com 06/07/01 08:07 AM Please respond to Orion-Interest I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: Oracle deal
This is my fear as well, and why I am surprised by the generally favorable reactions to this deal. What will it mean for Orion, and specifically the licensing. Will everything still be free, or will Oracle turn Orion into another WebLogic? It feels a little like Microsoft just absorbed my favorite development environment. - Original Message - From: Keith Kwiatek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Oracle deal I hope this orion + oracle deal is the same as the borland jbuilder + oracle jdeveloper deal. Oracle licensed Jbuilder technology, but Borland was still free to take Jbuilder in any direction they wanted, AND oracle was free to take Jdeveloper in any direction they wanted. The end result is that Jdeveloper is way behind the curve because Oracle always buys technology for which they do not have the ability to maintain. MEANWHILE, Jbuilder is doing great and getting better and better I guess the question is Just what kinda deal did Ironflare work out with Oracle? Did Ironflare get wrapped into a straight-jacket for a few short term buck$ ? Keith - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Oracle deal What I am interested in is what are the future implications for Orion? We are about to purchase a license for Orion, but if development on Orion isn't going to be the main focus, where does that leave customers? Julian Doherty Information Systems Analyst Education Review Office Phillip Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: owner-orion-interest@orionSubject: Re: Oracle deal server.com 06/07/01 08:07 AM Please respond to Orion-Interest I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: Oracle deal
Why can't everyone just enjoy and bask in the moment? It seems that every time something happens on this list, we all have to start whyning! If things suck later, just change to different app server if you're unhappy with the results. This just means that: 1- Orion kicks butt 2- Oracle's App Server was shameful and they saw the power of Orion 3- IronFlare has more money to work with, and perhaps add more support folks or more designer to go faster and better. It's not like we never have, and never will have another choice for an app server. This move justifies my pitch to clients now, and soon I many not even tell them Orion, I will say the Oracle App Server if the client is a bit gun-shy on using something other than Weblogic. Just my opinion. R Robert S. Sfeir Director of Software Development PERCEPTICON corporation, in Joint Venture With JTransit San Francisco, CA 94123 pw - http://www.percepticon.com/ jw - http://jtransit.com e- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Oracle deal
I agree fully. This is good for Orion, for Oracle, and us as developers. The indication that I've been getting at JavaOne is that this deal is similar to the JBuilder deal -- Oracle licenses the source code, and goes off and forks it, adding their own value-add features. Orion is free to keep on doing what they do best, albeit with a (hopefully very large) deposit to their bank account. At some point in the future, Oracle may license Orion again (just like Oracle recently licensed the latest JBuilder for their next release of JDeveloper), but they don't have to. The bottom line is that rather than recommending JRun on the low-end for clients, and BEA on the high-end, I'll be able to recommend Orion *or* Oracle, and know that I'm getting a high-quality product either way. Oracle's licensing is a huge validation for Orion, not just for technical reasons (I think everyone on the list knows it's a good product), but also in terms of mindshare and comfort level of those who sign the cheques. Code and be happy. Darren. PS IronFlare has hired another developer, and Magnus has some good things coming in terms of management tools and J2EE 1.3 integration. Now is when things really start to get interesting... On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 02:41:51PM -0700, Robert S. Sfeir wrote: Why can't everyone just enjoy and bask in the moment? It seems that every time something happens on this list, we all have to start whyning! If things suck later, just change to different app server if you're unhappy with the results. This just means that: 1- Orion kicks butt 2- Oracle's App Server was shameful and they saw the power of Orion 3- IronFlare has more money to work with, and perhaps add more support folks or more designer to go faster and better. It's not like we never have, and never will have another choice for an app server. This move justifies my pitch to clients now, and soon I many not even tell them Orion, I will say the Oracle App Server if the client is a bit gun-shy on using something other than Weblogic. Just my opinion. R Robert S. Sfeir Director of Software Development PERCEPTICON corporation, in Joint Venture With JTransit San Francisco, CA 94123 pw - http://www.percepticon.com/ jw - http://jtransit.com e- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Darren Gibbons[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenRoad Communications ph: 604.681.0516 Internet Application Development fax: 604.681.0916 Vancouver, B.C. http://www.openroad.ca
Oracle deal
I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion.
RE: Oracle deal
This is from the original poster, Phil Ross. It looks like a version just for Oracle, so I think you should direct your question to Oracle to ask which version and how it compares with Orion 1.5.2. java -jar ./j2ee/home/orion.jar -version Oracle9iAS (1.0.2.2) Containers for J2EE -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bryan YoungSent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:10 AMTo: Orion-InterestSubject: Oracle deal I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion.
Re: Oracle deal
I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: Oracle deal
this is true it is basically orion 1.4.5 - Original Message - From: Bryan Young To: Orion-Interest Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: Oracle deal I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion.
Re: Oracle deal
actually, it's totally true that it's 1.5.0 as Phillip stated... - Original Message - From: Chad Cromwell To: Orion-Interest Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 4:58 PM Subject: Re: Oracle deal this is true it is basically orion 1.4.5 - Original Message - From: Bryan Young To: Orion-Interest Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: Oracle deal I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion.
Re: Oracle deal
What I am interested in is what are the future implications for Orion? We are about to purchase a license for Orion, but if development on Orion isn't going to be the main focus, where does that leave customers? Julian Doherty Information Systems Analyst Education Review Office Phillip Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: owner-orion-interest@orionSubject: Re: Oracle deal server.com 06/07/01 08:07 AM Please respond to Orion-Interest I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: Oracle deal
Some of you may recall that, back in April, for about a week, we had a heated, sometimes humorous discussion with the subject A Swedish Idea (for Ironflare to call their fellow Swedes at MySQL). Someone made the comment: ** ...they (Magnus and Karl) are just 2 guys, who wanna code (translation: they are in java guy heaven!) and have no interest in the complexities and distractions inherent in 'Big International Business^TM' (Trademark, Microsoft and the World Intellectual Property Organization, all rights reserved, ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ARE BELONG TO US!^TM). 'Chap' and Magnus are geeks. They are in Java geek heaven. THIS IS A GOOD THING! We should not be distracting them with anything other than their continuing to code the best damn Java appserver there is! Anything else is a waste of time. ** Some may also recall that my reply was as follows: ** They're big boys -- and business-savy enough to come down from geek heaven and actually charge money for production. I'll bet they can even decide for themselves whether or not to speak with MySQL. If they've gotten 1,000 Orion customers to belly-up $1,500 each, then a mill-and-a-half should cover the phone call to MySQL. ** Excuse me, but I'd like to say, I TOLD YOU SO!!! I like Orion, but while we've been asking, Any news from Orion yet?? (Jan 13, 2001), and functioning as free testers, they've been working on the version for Oracle. Why pay for the cow when you can get the milk for free? That's why they rarely answer our questions directly anymore. Now, I'm not complaining, because I like Orion and I will continue to use it. Ironflare has never said they were in it just as an academic exercise. I admire the way they've managed to build a decent product without having to hire testers. If Oracle is smart, they'll look for those of us who have helped find Orion's bugs (Magnus and Karl, are you listening?) and have experience with it. But, as I said before, they're not just Java guys in geek heaven -- they are clearly in it for the money, too. Jay Armstrong At 01:07 PM 6/6/01 -0700, you wrote: I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: Oracle deal
I'm fairly sure it's Orion 1.5.1 but anyone with an Oracle license can download it and check for us by running java -jar orion.jar -version (yes, it is still called orion.jar ;)) Also see http://technet.oracle.com:89/cgi-bin/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topicsforum=Or acle9iAS+J2EEnumber=99 (may wrap) for discussion about OC4J/Orion. I'd imagine that the deal will help current Orion users by providing greater visibility / enterprise usage of the software, as well as Oracle contributing back bug fixes etc which will no doubt be rolled into the general code base. Whether it helps documentation or not is to be seen. -mike Mike Cannon-Brookes - Founder, Core Developer OpenSymphony - http://www.opensymphony.com The Open Source J2EE Component Project Latest News - Cache in on faster, more reliable JSPs http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2001/jw-0504-cache.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Ross Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 6:08 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: Oracle deal
It leaves customers in the same position they were in before. Orion still sells an app server, and a damned good one at that. The Oracle app server is the same (now) but only comes bundled with a $50,000+ database - so they're in slightly different price brackets. -mike Mike Cannon-Brookes - Founder, Core Developer OpenSymphony - http://www.opensymphony.com The Open Source J2EE Component Project Latest News - Cache in on faster, more reliable JSPs http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2001/jw-0504-cache.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:30 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal What I am interested in is what are the future implications for Orion? We are about to purchase a license for Orion, but if development on Orion isn't going to be the main focus, where does that leave customers? Julian Doherty Information Systems Analyst Education Review Office Phillip Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: owner-orion-interest@orionSubject: Re: Oracle deal server.com 06/07/01 08:07 AM Please respond to Orion-Interest I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know the specifics of the deal? Specifically I wanted to know what version of Orion they are using, and if there would be any benefit to future versions of Orion. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
