Kristian Rink wrote:
> I'm sure no one really would want to deal with this question at this time,
> but as I frequently stumbled across this in discussions with fellow
> developers the last couple of days, I feel the need to, well, "put the
> finger to a wound" asking what perspectives Glassfish might have given it
> really should happen that IBM might acquire Sun sooner or later... I see
> that IBM folks, actually, do have a bunch of software offerings addressing
> the same target group Glassfish does address, and from that point of view
> the current situation of uncertainty (will or will not Glassfish /SJSAS be
> continued in case of Sun being acquired by IBM) is surely to some extend
> hurting the adoption and public perception of Glassfish.
>
Probably a waste of time to consider unless/until such a merger is
announced? Java still needs a reference implementation and IBM seems
invested in Java. Concern should exist whether or not a merger goes
ahead. Bad things could happen either way. Good things could happen
either way.
There is entirely too much speculation / caution throughout the world
and it is self-fulfilling. First somebody asks whether the sky might
fall, then people pull their investments out "just in case", then the
sky really does fall because nobody is invested any more. It's not a
finger in the wound - it's dirt.
Just an outsider opinion...
Cheers,
mark
P.S. One might speculate about DB2 vs MySQL if one really wants to go
insane worrying about possibilities. :-)
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Mark Mielke <mark_at_mielke.cc>