Cliff Schmidt

Cliff Schmidt manages standards and open source strategy for BEA's WebLogic Workshop product. Through the Java Community Process and other standards organizations, he ensures that the Workshop product complies with existing standards and advances future standards. He has also participated in standards working groups at OASIS and the World Wide Web Consortium, such as the XML Schema Working Group. In addition to working with standards organizations, he is responsible for BEA's relationship with open source communities, including code contributions and ongoing developer involvement. Prior to working at BEA, he managed the XML standards strategy for Microsoft's MSXML, SQLXML, and .NET XML products. He has been working in the software industry since 1987, with the exception of serving six years as a submarine officer for the US Navy.

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The Warm and Fuzzy JavaOne: Warm feelings and chilling politics around JavaOne, Sun, and IBM.
Posted by cliff on June 29, 2005 at 03:15 PST | Permalink | Discuss (3)

Apache Beehive, XMLBeans and Open Source Strategy: TSS interview on Beehive and open source strategy.
Posted by cliff on September 17, 2004 at 01:36 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)

What do Customers Mean by "Standards"? (the 6 W's of Standards): 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.
Posted by cliff on August 12, 2003 at 03:05 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)

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