--- In [email protected], "Anne Thomas Manes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I assume Michael was referring to Sun.
Please avoid naming names when it is old opinion. > Project > Tango<http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/glassfish/ProjectTango/>is > a Java implementation that's part of the Glassfish project. It's > primarily Sun's project with a little help from Microsoft to ensure interop > between WSIT and WCF. Actually WSIT == Tango > > While it's true that WSO2 has not been deeply involved in the WS-* > standardization effort, Sanjiva (Founder and CEO of WSO2) certainly has. > You'll find his name in the author/contributor list of quite a few WS-* > specifications. (He worked for IBM until he launched WSO2.) He was involved > in the Apache SOAP project from the beginning (the first SOAP > implementation), plus he has been involved in the Axis, Axis2, and Synapse > projects. > > Although I'm not too keen about the fact that he used this list to promote > his company, he has a point. Project Tango/WSIT is Sun's proprietary project > that implements support for some of the newer WS-* specifications, including > WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Trust, and WS-SecureConversation. > The JCP has not yet defined standard APIs for supporting these > specifications, so all implementations are proprietary. And Project Tango is > not the only open source project that implements support for these > specifications. Many of those APIs are being handled by JSRs that are well underway so please give us credit for addressing customers needs with a delivery vehicle that provided a solution before the standards processes complete. Peter.
