I did not mean to insult anyone. Nor to imply that there is any injustice going on. I don't know the history, or the committers, or anything about OpenEJB. It was just an innocent question about how this project is going to be different from JBoss.
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Blevins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: purpose of Geronimo ? > > > On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 11:07:23AM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: > > Why is Apache creating Geromino when JBoss provides an open source > > J2EE container? Is it because some developers object to the license > > that JBoss uses? Or is it because the Geronimo developers feel they > > can provide a better J2EE implemenation than JBoss? Both? Neither? > > Did you know that five of the committers originated from the > OpenEJB project? This includes both project founders, > Richard Monson-Haefel and myself. Did you know the founders > of Jetty are also founding members of this project? The > leader of Mx4j also. Castor JDO. The list goes on and on. > > Why should any of us have to justify our existence now, after > having played in the open source J2EE world for as long as > JBoss? Why is it that when Apache opens their doors to us > and provides a place where we can finally collaborate, people > call "foul" as if collaboration is a dirty word in open source? > > Exactly what is the injustice here and exactly when did our > years of work suddenly become about JBoss? > > -- > David Blevins > A Founder of Geronimo > Co-Founder of OpenEJB >
