On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Neil Bartlett <njbartl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 5, 11:20 pm, Miroslav Pokorny <miroslav.poko...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > If Bob does not believe in the JCP why did he run for it ? > > Probably because a seat on the Executive Committee, which would have > given him a vote on all SE/EE JSRs, might allow him to apply some > pressure from within. Incidentally I think that the actual winners > (Google and Eclipse Foundation) will do just as good a job at this. > > But the theme of this thread is not about how well G or E will execute their responsibilities, its about Bob. The motives, acheivements and so on past and future of G or E are a good theme for separate discussion. > On the other hand, an expert on a JSR Expert Group has no votes and > very limited influence. Indeed, EG members are expected to give up > their time and intellectual property without financial compensation, > on the understanding that the spec lead will treat their work > according to the rules of the JSPA. However this particular spec lead > (Oracle) has already stated that it will not respect those rules; > instead Oracle simply takes ownership. > > So I don't see why *anybody* would want to work on a JSR EG at the > moment unless they are an Oracle employee or being otherwise > financially compensated by Oracle. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- mP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@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.
