Joe Data wrote: >> Power vs Sparc >> > No idea what would happen here. > IBM is trying to avoid buying the hardware division according to most articles I've read. Fujitsu might buy this slice of Sun, for instance. >> Lotus Symphony vs OpenOffice >> > Wrong: Lotus Symphony is "Eclipse RCP plus unknown OpenOffice > version" (http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2992), so I don#t see > a lot of conflict. > IBM is likely to do as much work in Symphony as closed source rather than in OpenOffice as open source. >> Websphere vs Glassfish >> > Wrong: Either "WebSphere + Glassfish" or "Glassfish vs. Geronimo", > since Glassfish could be the low-end open source complement to the > high-end commercial WebSphere, just like Geronimo. My guess: IBM > would merge these two in one shape or another. > Geronimo is a paper tiger. Who uses it? IBM uses it as WebSphere Community Edition just to have something in this space (though it has nothing in common with commercial WebSphere editions).
Glassfish has serious capability and momentum and only needs to be considered "low-end" in that it does not cost as much as WebSphere :-) For this reason I'd bet IBM will kill Glassfish (or rather all support for it -- it is already open sourced) and keep supporting the paper tiger. >> Eclipse vs Netbeans >> > Yes, that's a tough nut - can't see how they get united, and Eclipse > underpins at least three of the five IBM software brands in one way or > another. My guess: Netbeans gets spun off into a foundation, gets an > initial check from IBM and is on its own from then as n open source > project without corporate backing. > I'd bet the same except with no initial check. >> DB2 vs MySQL >> > Wrong: "DB2 + MySL" (see above - MySQL as low-end complement to DB2). > Except that MySQL may well kick DB2's rear :-) [DB2 is no Oracle...] -- Jess Holle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
