Michael Nascimento Santos's Blog: The JCP EC (and the community) did the right thing: JDO 2.0 approved

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The JCP EC (and the community) did the right thing: JDO 2.0 approved

Posted by mister__m on March 01, 2005 at 06:45 AM | Comments (0)

I have to say I'm really happy. As I woke up today, and visited the results

for the Reconsideration Ballot of JSR 243, I was glad to read that most vendors - except for JBoss, who was against it but seemed not to be bold enough to vote No, Oracle and IBM, who all abstained, and Apple, that hasn't voted - voted yes this time.

What is really interesting about it is this vote is not only the result of all efforts made by the JSR 243 EG - which certainly made a difference -, but also is due to the "noise" made by the community. Many people said they had previous investments on JDO, couldn't wait for a spec (JSR 220, EJB 3.0) that wouldn't be available for a long time, wouldn't trust the JCP itself if it rejected a spec that complied to its original request etc., and it seems these claims had a positive effect on the decision after all.

So, what is the point of this entry? Make noise! :-) Express your concerns about JSRs and the evolution of the platform, join the JCP, nominate yourself as an expert to JSRs you are interested in, do something! It does matter.

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