Re: [Webwork-devel] WW/JavaOne get together

[Rickard <ri...@mi...>]

Victor Salaman wrote:

> With all due respect, What are you smoking?


Please refrain from using this kind of comments.

> JBoss is an excellent revolutionary product which has a lot of=20
> potential, but it's still an appserver, and WW is a framework to be use=
d=20
> on any appserver  (with webcontainer or not). I really don't see what=20
> could be gained technically by integrating WW to jBoss (and I really=20
> don't know what there is to integrate, as WW already works flawlessly i=
n=20
> most environments... if you do, please enlighten me!).


I don't think it's the technical part of it, just as there would be no=20
technical point in going with OpenSymphony.


> WW is also decoupled technology that is meant to be a multi-purpose=20
> framework not only for web but for any type of application. By focusing=
=20
> on integration we're just diluting the original intent of the product.


Noone said integration. You did.


> <rant>
> And if what you're suffering is Struts envy, everytime you feel that=20
> way, write a JavaWorld article :) ... The only reason it has a strong=20
> userbase is because of marketing merits not technical ones.
> </rant>


We will.


> By even thinking on integrating to a specific vendor, we're already=20
> loosing userbase, as a lot of people using WW are not jBoss/Jetty,=20
> jBoss/Tomcat users and some will never be.

Your reasoning is peculiar since there are many other cases of projects=20
(Velocity, Struts, log4j) where they are used with servers other than=20
that of the umbrella organization (Jakarta/Tomcat).

What's your point?

/Rickard

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Rickard =D6berg