Sorry, can't stop typing. My impression is the problem hornetQ is a solution for is that anyone picking a messaging solution based on technical rather than political factors is not going to pick activemq. I thought Hiram said this pretty explicitly. Did I misunderstand?
thanks david jencks On Mar 25, 2015, at 12:05 PM, artnaseef <a...@artnaseef.com> wrote: > Growing the community around HornetQ is the same issue regardless of the > naming - it needs to happen, and just naming it ActiveMQ 6 doesn't really > change anything other than to create the presumption that HornetQ will > succeed as ActiveMQ 6. > > Sharing a direction across the community is important, and making sure that > direction is clear is also important. In that light, I am very glad to be > having this discussion. > > The statement "Neglecting to commit to a direction will leave ActiveMQ > rudderless" is valid, but does not decide that direction. Nor does it mean > that a complete restart of ActiveMQ is the right direction. > > So, let's put this back into perspective. > > We have the HornetQ donation to ActiveMQ. To what benefit for the ActiveMQ > community? Age of the solution is not a compelling argument (consider that > Java is even older than ActiveMQ). > > ActiveMQ continues to be very widely used and supported. It serves > mission-critical functions in large companies across multiple industries, > and even supports critical government infrastructure in many places. > > Only time will tell if HornetQ is up to the task on all fronts: strength of > technology; community to maintain, support, and advocate the technology; > ease of installation, use, and monitoring; etc. Therefore, a presumption > that it will replace an existing, proven solution is premature. > > Really, the merits here are hard to argue because I'm not seeing any valid > merits described. > > I keep wondering, "what problem are we solving?" Please help me to > understand this and how the HornetQ donation solves the problem. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/DISCUSS-HornetQ-ActiveMQ-s-next-generation-tp4693781p4693805.html > Sent from the ActiveMQ - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
