This time issue is another false argument that attempts to justify incorrect behavior - and I mean incorrect with regard to the Java community.
It takes a lot more time to start something from scratch than to work with something that already exists. I don't just mean the development of something, but its adoption as a standard. Unless, of course, that's not what Jigsaw folks intend. Eric On Jun 20, 10:24 pm, Josh Suereth <joshua.suer...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can we stop the name-calling? On the scala list serves, I usually reserve > pictures of fluffy,furry, cute and cuddly kittens to help quell heated > pointless arguments. > > If you listen to the podcast again, you'll notice they specifically say that > they didn't feel Sun could afford the time waiting for the OSGi-alliance to > update themselves based on Sun's requirements. To this extent I do agree > that Java really needs modularity. However it is also understandable how > this would make the OSGi camp feel. Sun is basically saying, "Although you > may have a good product, we can't affrod to wait around for your standards > committee. We're going to do what we need and let OSGi follow along." This > is far different from Sun's previous approaches (think EJB). > > The good news is that it sounds like the Jigsaw + OSGi folks are at least > talking. I don't think a merged approach to modularity will take long to > follow the release of JDK 7. That is of course, assuming Jigsaw succeeds. > > I think the biggest complaint coming from OSGi users (myself included) is > that I don't want to have to deal with the complexity of 2 modularity > tools. It's painful enough dealing with 2-3 different logging mechanisms > accross 4-5 libraries. Competition is good, but integration is hard. > > I'm just waiting for the modularity communities to start making "abstract > modules" that define services that can be implemented by venders. Anyone > remember CORBA? > > - Josh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
