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Monday, 12 August 2002

A few teaser screenshots of the new (and very unique I think!) JIRA issue linking feature (due in JIRA 1.4). Viewing issue with links (green parts are unchanged from 1.3.3) and the issue link type admin interface. You can define any sort of links you want (ie Blockers, Duplicates, Sub-Issues, References, See Also etc) - it's all very exciting 3:50:33 PM  comment []      I've updated the list of Java and J2EE Weblogs to include Rickard, Russell and Paul - welcome guys! If you know of any blogs I've left out, please let me know and I'll add them. I should revamp the look and feel of the page, it's a little ugly - but it will do for now! 1:43:57 PM  comment []      Russell took my post about Jive and commented, but he got it wrong (no offense Russ). Don't do it the way that the guys at Cool Servlets/Jive Software did it: Release your code as open source, get lots of free press and maybe some contributed code, and then pull the source out from everyone by making it a commercial project. I agree with the first part, but not the second part. The Jive guys did it the wrong way, but not on purpose. When they started writing Jive, it was going to be an Open Source product. Then when they decided to make a business of it, they had no choice but to change the license (and I believe they had next to 0 contributions from the community). If they didn't change the license, Jive simply wouldn't have anywhere near the features it does today. I remember when they switched there was a lot of pain and anguish in the community, but I think most people accepted their reasoning. You are most welcome to fork the original source, as it is Open Source, and start you own project. I think people have, I can't remember the project - last time I checked it was so far behind Jive it just proved they made the right decision. I know the Jive guys quite well and I assure you there is no 'bait and switch' intended. They license Jive under very reasonable licensing terms (a developer source, based on Caucho originally I believe) - and they make no pretenses as to being Open Source. Cool Servlets died years ago AFAIK. They are not evil people ! I recommend to anyone I know not to use their product. I recommend the opposite - I tell everyone I know looking for a Java forum (or any forum) to use Jive. Why? It rocks. It's the best Java forum software available - anywhere. And it's reasonably priced, and I get the source. This harkens back to something I talked about a while ago about Open Source bigots (I'm not saying you are one, just making a point). I don't choose software on whether it's Open Source or not, I choose software one which component is better. Yes price is a factor, but so is quality. 1:25:38 PM  comment []      Joe W pointed me to Paul Hammant's new blog. Paul's a Phoenix developer amongst other things. Looks great! I remember when I started blogging (3 months ago?) there were NO J2EE weblogs. Now there are lots. That's fantastic. I'll add him to the list. I might revamp it actually, it's getting too ugly in it's current form. 1:17:26 PM  comment []