Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-oscar-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 49478 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2005 22:10:36 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Aug 2005 22:10:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 17719 invoked by uid 500); 2 Aug 2005 22:10:35 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-oscar-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 17616 invoked by uid 500); 2 Aug 2005 22:10:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact oscar-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: oscar-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list oscar-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 17446 invoked by uid 99); 2 Aug 2005 22:10:33 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:10:33 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.3 required=10.0 tests=FORGED_MUA_OIMO X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [66.112.202.2] (HELO mail.devtech.com) (66.112.202.2) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:10:24 -0700 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.devtech.com (JAMES SMTP Server 3.0-dev) with SMTP ID 369; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:09:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Noel J. Bergman" To: , Cc: "'Jeff McAffer'" Subject: RE: Oscar, please meet Eclipse Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:09:49 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20050802214122.5A2EE1485@foundation.eclipse.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Mike, Cliff mentioned some of this to me at ApacheCon EU a couple of weeks ago. I'm glad to see you here on the list. :-) > OSGi forms the basis of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. > we would be very interested in discussing how the Eclipse > OSGi team and the Apache Oscar team can co-operate. > We certainly agree with the stated goals of the Oscar project > to focus on [creating] a unifying community around open source > OSGi technology > We feel that all of these goals could be greatly accelerated > by working together rather than in parallel. Although the ASF project is currently named "Oscar", it is (as I understand it) intended to merge the existing Oscar and other OSGi projects. If Eclipse would be willing to contribute to the development of a unified OSGi platform within the ASF, that could be one immediately viable approach. --- Noel