Sorry about that -- looks like that mail didn't make it out of my outbox. I'll resend right now to all three lists.
Cliff On Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:50 AM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > +1 > > On 7/3/03 2:26 PM, "Neil Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Cliff, >> >> I think the copy list of your note to Howard must have been a good >> bit narrower than the copy list of this response to Andy. :) Any >> chance you could enlighten those of us in this broader group who are >> interested as to the technical points on which XMLBeans differs from >> other technologies? >> >> Cheers! >> Neil >> Neil Graham >> XML Parser Development >> IBM Toronto Lab >> Phone: 905-413-3519, T/L 969-3519 >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >>> ---------+----------------------------> >>> | "Cliff Schmidt" | >>> | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >>> | | >>> | 07/03/2003 02:22 | >>> | PM | >>> | Please respond to| >>> | general | >>> | | >>> ---------+----------------------------> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------| >>> >>> >>> To: "Jakarta General List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> | >>> cc: >>> >>> Subject: RE: Issues with XMLBeans proposal >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:01 AM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: >> >>> So what in this ensures this will be a community-developed project >>> and not just an Apache branded extension of BEA? I really would >>> like to see you guys involved in Apache, but not in a way the >>> compromises Apache. There is a challenge that limits the >>> excitement of others in that there are so many other similar >>> projects that do exactly the same thing. Perhaps it would benefit >>> the effort if you explained why we needed another one. That has no >>> bearing on its suitability but it might make people more interested >>> who wouldn't be otherwise. >> >> As Santiago points out, the veto rule provides some protection over >> pure majority, but I don't think anyone here wants to rely on that. >> All I can tell you is that BEA is more concerned about establishing a >> long term relationship with Apache and other open source communities >> than controlling the future development of XMLBeans. From our >> perspective, we have much more to gain by proving ourselves as >> credible and positive contributors to open source, especially since >> we would like XMLBeans to be the first in a series of open source >> contributions. If the BEA committers attempt to make decisions >> against the wishes of the rest of the community and are viewed >> negatively for doing so, we have absolutely failed in what we set >> out to do. >> >> See my response to Howard's questions for more on how the project >> differs technically from other open source projects. >> >> Cliff >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
