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

[Maurice P. <Ma...@Vi...>]

Hey,

On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 08:25  AM, Rickard wrote:

> WebWorkers,
>
> I just got this from OpenSymphony. It's an interesting proposal, but =
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> like to hear your input whether you think it's good or not. What are =
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> pro's and con's?

I liked a lot of the points that Fran=E7ois made.

> - Extended community

I've often thought that an strong alternative to the Apache projects was=20=

needed for Open Source Java projects.  Something with higher quality =
code,
  more intelligent conversation on the lists, and a friendlier =
community.

> - Web Site Infrastructure provided by OpenSymphony

OS does have a nice clean sight design that would save the WW team some=20=

effort if it was leveraged.

> - WebWork complements very well existing OpenSymphony modules such as=20=

> SiteMesh and OSCache (vice-versa).
> - More complete J2EE platform
> - Independance of WebWork not affected. It would only be promoted as =
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> of a larger Open Source effort.

All good points.

My only potential con has to do with the relationship between =
OpenSymphony=20
and Atlassian.  Maybe Mike and/or Victor could shed some light on=20
Atlassian's corporate sponsorship and what influence Atlassian has on =
the=20
OpenSymphony projects?

Everyone from OpenSymphony seems pretty cool to me and considering how=20=

much cross over is happening anyway, it looks like a natural fit.

-Maurice