Looking at the website for XMLBeans, http://dev2dev.bea.com/technologies/xmlbeans/overview.jsp, Apache should be careful--this looks like a failed technology that doesn't have a sufficient user base for BEA to continue with.
BEA appears to want to avoid a black eye it would get from its user base in dropping a technology that it was previously heavily promoting to them. But sometimes these black eyes are called for; they give companies pause before hyping new technologies every six months for developers to learn. Another problem is XMLBeans' premise--XML & XSLT are too difficult to use and must be masked--this may not be compatible with what XML-Apache is trying to accomplish. XMLBeans are dead--and one organization, BEA or Apache, sooner or later will have to get the black eye in discontinuing them--I'd rather it be BEA! Glen --- "Peter B. West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fopdev committers, > > The following message has come from Berin in his > (new) capacity as XML > PMC Chair. If any committers have any further > questions on this, let me > know and I will see what I can fish out of the > discussionon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Most > of it has taken place, I think, on > [EMAIL PROTECTED], but I'm sure > not everyone is receiving [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Peter > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Fwd: [vote] XMLBeans to enter XML > incubation [was: Re: Vote > for XMLBeans proposal in the XML Project (was RE: > Vote for XMLBeans > proposal)]] > Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 17:11:29 +1000 > From: Berin Lautenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Peoples, > > Msg posted to pmc@ as there is already enough noise > on 4 x general@ > lists on this! > > Given the current charter requires a majority vote > of all committers in > xml for this to go ahead, we really need your help > to get this vote done. > > I've forwarded this to security-dev, and Neil has > forwarded to Xerces-J. > If the appropriate people could forward to their > -dev lists and tally > the votes against active committer totals that would > be fantastic. > > I'm purposely holding back the vote on the charter > until this is done, > as I want to see how effective this process is now. > Should we maybe > thing about going down the Jakarta route and making > the vote for > sub-projects a PMC vote, but with the right of > committers to -1 and then > call for a full community vote? > > Cheers, > Berin > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [vote] XMLBeans to enter XML incubation > [was: Re: Vote for > XMLBeans proposal in the XML Project (was RE: Vote > for XMLBeans proposal)] > Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:16:39 +0200 > From: Steven Noels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Organization: Outerthought > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 8/07/2003 9:29 Cliff Schmidt wrote: > > > On behalf of the other committers, I would like to > ask the XML PMC to > > consider accepting XMLBeans into the XML project. > We expect to address > > any remaining concerns that the community has > during the incubation > > period. > > Dear committers, > > as outlined in the xml.apache.org charter (section > 6.2), and in > collaboration with the Incubator > (http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/STATUS?rev=HEAD) > > Subject to: > > - relicensing of the XMLBeans codebase using the > ASL 1.1 license > (http://xml.apache.org/LICENSE) > - copyright transfer from BEA to the ASF as > described in > http://incubator.apache.org/process.html [1] > - each initial XMLBeans committer sending in a > Contributor's License > Agreement > (http://incubator.apache.org/forms/ASF_Contributor_License_2_form.pdf) > - furthermore, I would strongly suggest the > XMLBeans code should only > be moved into Apache CVS once the outstanding LGPL & > BEA-licensed code > dependency issues have been resolved. > > Please cast your vote on the acceptance of the > XMLBeans project for > incubation in the XML.Apache project: > > ----------- vote ballot ---------- > > Name: ________________ > > [ ] I agree with and support this proposal (+1) > [ ] Indifference (-1 < x < +1) > [ ] I object and suggest a way to address my > reservations (-1) > > ---------------------------------- > > ----------- 8< ----------- 8< ----------- 8< > ----------- > > If the outcome of this vote is positive and CLA > forms are collected, > work can start on creating the necessary > infrastructure resources. I'm > on holiday from the 12th until the 26th of July and > won't be able to > help out coordination-wise, but here's a quick list > of the top of my head: > > - collection and creation of initial committer > accounts, using the > following template: > > ---------------------------------- > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Apache account requests for XMLBeans > project incubation > > <repeat times="number of committers"> > Full name: ... > Preferred userid: ... > Forwarding email address: ... > Unix group: xml > </repeat> > ---------------------------------- > > - creation of xml-xmlbeans CVS module > - also configure in ViewCVS > - commit mails -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - add initial committers to the avail list > > - mailing lists: > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - .qmail-xml-xmlbeans-cvs forward to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - list archiving: > - mbox -> xml.apache.org/mail > - Eyebrowse setup > > - Bugzilla project creation and set up of > notification mails > > - grant some committers access to xml-site module > for website content > > - setup automated checkout of > xml-site/targets/xml-beans on daedalus > for website (or give someone access to daedalus for > manual website > publication) > > - send a big thank you to infrastructure@ > > That's about all I can think of ATM. > > </Steven> > > ______________ > [1] IIRC, there was a form for this as well, but I > cannot locate it anymore > > -- > Steven Noels > http://outerthought.org/ > Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence > Support Center > Read my weblog at > http://blogs.cocoondev.org/stevenn/ > stevenn at outerthought.org stevenn > at === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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