Saturday, August 3, 2002

I wonder why so many people assume that every software company is afraid of interoperating with software written in a competitor's toolset. Link to a Slashdot thread about an article in the Web Services Journal written by the BEA Top Dog. "Despite the competitive uproar, coexistence of J2EE and .NET will be the norm - most sophisticated IT organizations will deploy on both development platforms. J2EE already has a strong position in enterprise applications, and enterprise ISVs require a code base that can be deployed on whichever hardware/OS their customers demand. On the other side, much of Microsoft's existing ISV and small enterprise marketplace are already jumping on the .NET bandwagon." If developers, especially Government developers, hold the line and require interoperability from all of our tools, we'll be preserving a good bit of freedom on the Internet. How many people have more than 10 years experience with writing software based on Internet technologies? I wonder if the numbers are even 1 per thousand? The potential for innovation can grow geometrically if we're not constantly trying to fight our way out of some vendor's trunk. I'm happy so many people are getting this point. Reclaiming the Commons. 10:05:06 AM

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