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Subject: Re: Progress, and a problem
From: Dennis Reedy <dennis.reedy@gmail.com>
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Outrigger is a key service in a project that I am involved in. I see no =
reason to remove it from the distribution, it provides a solid =
implementation of the JavaSpace and JavaSpace05 interfaces. There are =
other services I would vote off the island ;) but thats a topic for a =
different thread.

Dennis

On Dec 3, 2010, at 130PM, Tom Hobbs wrote:

>> With River's recent revitalization let's not deprecate anything too
>> hastily.
>=20
> +1.  You never know, this may yet convince someone who knows about
> Outrigger to come back!
>=20
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Jeff Ramsdale =
<jeff.ramsdale@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Gregg Wonderly <gregg@wonderly.org> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>> Many people are using Dan Creswell's Blitz JavaSpaces implementation =
or
>>> commercial versions.  I'm partially inclined to suggest that we =
should
>>> discuss EOL of outrigger at some point. Even though Javaspaces is a =
large
>>> part of what Jini has been recognized for, it has a focused audience =
and if
>>> we don't have someone with knowledge and interest to support =
outrigger, it
>>> may be more of a wart than River can deal with.
>>=20
>> With River's recent revitalization let's not deprecate anything too
>> hastily. Conventional wisdom in Java app development has struggled to
>> hold its own against NoSQL and other interesting technologies. It
>> could be the perfect opportunity for Jini/JavaSpaces to gain new
>> interest.
>>=20
>> -jeff
>>=20