Cliff Schmidt's Blog http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cliff/ en-us 2005-06-29T03:15:02-08:00 The Warm and Fuzzy JavaOne http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cliff/archive/2005/06/the_warm_and_fu_1.html Warm feelings and chilling politics around JavaOne, Sun, and IBM. JavaOne cliff 2005-06-29T03:15:02-08:00 Apache Beehive, XMLBeans and Open Source Strategy http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cliff/archive/2004/09/apache_beehive.html TSS interview on Beehive and open source strategy. J2EE cliff 2004-09-17T01:36:40-08:00 What do Customers Mean by "Standards"? (the 6 W's of Standards) http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cliff/archive/2003/08/what_do_custome.html When an ISV tries to sell a new piece of software these days, they are likely to be asked whether the product is based on "standards". I'd like to try to explore what qualifies as a standard in a customer's mind. To do this, I'll try to break down the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of standards. Business cliff 2003-08-12T03:05:29-08:00