GOMEZ Henri wrote:
>
> I remember the hard discution about spinaker on xerces
> mailing-list and IBM became more open after Sun position.
> But in the Tomcat case we have Sun on one side and
> individuals on the others.
> Not really the same condition. Hello Sam ?-)
Tomcat 3.0 was clearly a Sun project. Most of the design discussions were
held in conference rooms in Sun. The release was made with virtually no
prior discussion on the mailing list (remember sideswiped?).
Fairly or unfairly, a number of Sun people felt excluded from participating
in Xerces.
None of this is the case for any current release of Tomcat. In particular,
I personally do not feel like I am being denied an opportunity to
contribute to Tomcat 3.2.2, 3.3, or 4.0.
Yes, many of the people working on Catalina are employed by Sun. Arguably,
in many cases (including Craig), they are employed by Sun because they work
on Catalina, not the other way around.
- Sam Ruby
