On 3/22/02 12:19 PM, "James Strachan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A thought struck me today which is probably totally obvious to folk but I > thought I'd share it anyways. Sun gets pots of cash from companies who > develop J2EE compliant software from the J2EE license fees. So its in Sun's > interest to protect the BEA's, IBM's and their own J2EE products. The money > they get is based on revenue of the company (so thats quite a lot of money > from BEA & IBM). > > The money-men at Sun probably see open source J2EE solutions as lost revenue > to possible commercial J2EE solutions so when folks like JBoss come along > they see it as in Sun's interest to not certify them to protect their J2EE > licence revenue nest egg. > > Though with the .NET competition now I think its in their interest to > protect their J2EE market place by allowing open source solutions; otherwise > long term folks will just move away from J2EE. I think that it gets even worse for us - it's my understanding that since the J2EE licensees had to pay pots for the license, bring open-source-able JSR's into that umbrella will dilute the value of the licenses they own. Therefore, it's conceivable that would be a motivation to oppose the opening of the J2EE API's. geir -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." - Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
