Re: [Webwork-devel] [Fwd: WebWork - OpenSymphony]

[Toby H. <tob...@ho...>]

sorry everyone, not only did i provide an audacious opinion i have no real 
right to share, but i did it 4 times! and it wasn't even complete. bloody 
hotmail client.

that will learn me
toby


>From: "Toby Hede" <tob...@ho...>
>Reply-To: tob...@in...
>To: web...@li...
>Subject: Re: [Webwork-devel] [Fwd: WebWork - OpenSymphony]
>Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:53:24 +0000
>
>OK,
>
>This is probably out of line, as I am just a lurker and user of webwork, 
>but
>I would have similar concerns...small groups achieve more faster, and if 
>you
>look at WW as providing a core service with value-added features then there
>is not that compelling an argument to 'merge'...the major issue i would see
>is loss of control.
>
>from my point of view (as a fairly new convert), WW is good because it is
>small, cohesive and relatively easy to learn...the core package is elegant
>and the value-added features are good for particular re
>
>That said, closer ties are always a good thing, however, and there are
>features of OS that are definitely worth integrating with WW. Close
>relationships will help get these features sooner and assist in adapting to
>changes in either codebase as they evolve.
>
>
>
>cheers,
>toby
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: Jim...@do...
>>To: webwork-devel <web...@li...>
>>Subject: Re: [Webwork-devel] [Fwd: WebWork - OpenSymphony]
>>Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:01:59 -0500
>>
>>I feel that WebWork is synergistic with many technologies, such as
>>Velocity, OSCache, JSP, etc.
>>
>>I also tend to think of "core" WebWork consisting of the ServletDispatcher
>>and patterns built upon the ActionFactory. The JSP tag libraries to me are
>>a secondary "value-added" technology that is not intregral to WebWork.
>>Much the same way that Velocity is a "value-add".
>>
>>I think the decision to further integrate OSxxx would depend on where the
>>integration point is. If it is outside the true core of WebWork (the
>>dispatcher), then I see it as a simple "value-add", and not important to
>>the "merging" discussion from a technical vantage point. I haven't looked
>>at the OSxxx technology, so I'm not sure where this integration point is.
>>
>> >From a community and exposure standpoint, I wonder who would be helping
>>whom more here. It really doesn't matter since there is good will involved
>>and the control of either project isn't in question. I'm not recommending
>>this, but if you wanted to extend your user base, it would be far more
>>"profitable" to team with the Apache group and the Velocity sub-project.
>>It's a kick-ass development environment when combined with WebWork, and I
>>get the feeling that its development community is far greater than OS and
>>WebWork combined. There are a lot of whack personalities over there,
>>though.
>>
>>jim
>>
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