Early implementation of 2.0 release is not being used in production except
at consumer's risk. It is very clear that this is not based on final
specification. We (developers/customers) may not be as silly as you think.
Why would we convert existing ejb code to use 2.0 before final spec released
in our production environments? We wouldn't. Yet, I support the early
implementions because I can use it to do some simple conversions and see
from a reference implementation, what the issues are in the preliminary
specifications. This helps give me a voice in the process. This is not
really all about WL vs NS vs Sybase vs Inprise.....an early release allows
the users of this tech to have a voice in where it is going and what makes
sense. Don't forget how much time it took us (the developers) to convert
from 1.0 to 1.1. There is significant conversion effort on our part when
the spec changes.
>From: Royce Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:40:05 -0700
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>Dave Wolf wrote:
> >
> > Or to clarify what Evan is more politely saying, early
> > implementation releases of the spec may be very different from what
> > really gets released. Ask youself is who best interest is it to
> > release implementations of specifications which are not yet final.
> > I doubt you'd conclude its the developers/customers best interest.
>
>Au contraire. I ask myself that question constantly as both a
>producer and a consumer. I'm generally pleased to deal with vendors
>and partners that credit some level of intelligence to their
>communities, and provide choices about when and in what manner to
>address things such as migration issues and opportunities.
>
>The simplest thing to do when presented with an option that may
>involve risk that exceeds a context-dependent threshold is simply not
>to take it. I fail to see how this is not in the customer's interest.
>Note the word "option" -- unless somebody is being "forced" to upgrade
>to an unstable release, no harm done. For those that find value in
>getting a leg up on the situation, it's a good thing.
>
>Royce Howland
>Nucleum Inc.
>
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