Richard, > I also believe that it behooves Geronimo to have its own implementation > because it gives us the option of going beyond the spec to impl > value-add-ons.
You seem to be falling into the same trap, it is possible to create an IMPLEMENTATION of the API, to replace Sun's RI, without re-creating the API itself. We can add value without re-creating the API, and in fact if we pursue the goal of recreating the API we can't add value through that process. d.
