Awesome! Sounds like a great meeting and presentation! Jeff
Matt Hogstrom wrote: > I had the opportunity to speak to some folks at the Atlanta JUG tonight > and thought I'd share the feedback. > > First off, the JUG was held at the Atlanta Holiday Inn and was located > in two adjacent rooms. I can't recall the exact number but I think > there were about 60 people in attendance. It was one of the better > organized JUG's I've had the opportunity to attend. Burr Sutter was an > excellent host and did a great job pulling the event together. > > There were a few folks who figured this was JBoss country and that it > might be a "dangerous" trip :) I'm happy to report there were several > JBoss employees at the JUG but they were very welcoming and we had a > great chat after the event. It was interesting swapping stories about > Open Source and comparing and contrasting the JBoss model versus > Apache. I really enjoyed it. > > All in all people were really interested in Geronimo and had most of > their experience on JBoss. They liked the modular architecture and some > of the things that were coming in 1.2 (caching, 1.5 support, and > possible OpenJPA). They also liked the Yoko option to give flexibility > in changing VMs. I was surprised that many of the folks used CORBA and > this was an important function for them. I was also surprised when > several of the folks indicated that they used EJBs and XA 2-phase > commit. I told them about D Jencks Tx Manager and told them I'd relay > their level of interest. > > There were several people that were interested in JEE 5 support and I > told them that D Blevins and folks were working away and we'd like to > get something in their hands sooner than later. > > There was also a short discussion about why GBeans (from one of the > JBoss guys) and we talked about the progression of GBeans and pointed > them to the dev list and Dain for the more detailed discussion. They > seemed to understand our additional requirements and the conversation > was again really productive. > > Someone came up to me and mentioned that Intalio was shipping Geronimo > and using it. I didn't know this. > > All in all it was a great meeting and in Atlanta people are waiting to > see great things from Geronimo. Just thought I'd provide the feedback. > > Cheers. > > Matt Hogstrom > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
