Craig L Russell wrote:
>
> On Dec 30, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote:
>>
>> Does it need to? only if people want it. JPOX is the RI, and I
>> always feel that a truly competitive impl of a spec isn't going to be
>> the RI. You don't want to do real extension and surrounding innovation
>> in an RI, I figure...
>
>
> I don't necessarily agree with either point. JPOX has gained a lot of
> credibility and good press by being the RI, and it will continue to
> innovate in the product space as well.
I'm not at all in any way attacking or disrespecting JPOX. I just tend
to keep a clear distinction between RI and indep impls.
>
> The Sun-branded Java EE server is also the RI and has been for the last
> three releases starting with J2EE 1.3.
>
> Of course, for some, I've proved your point. ;-)
Yes, I think you did exactly. And it was my understanding that the
Sun-branded server isn't quite the RI? That product development also
goes on top of the RI to make the products?
geir
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