JSR 166 (Concurrency utilities)

[Anthony Green]

On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 10:32, Doug Lea wrote:
> (An apology/explanation: At various points I thought that Sun would
> take enough steps in fixing licensing to make CLASSPATH project (and
> others) unnecessary and irrelevant. I still hope this happens.  I've
> made bits of progress serving on JCP (see the recent announcement
> about TCK availablity) and I honestly (although idealistically) think
> it will eventually work out, but progress is way too slow...)

You're not kidding.  I started talking to the J2ME JCP owners right
after I read the announcement.  The story is basically that they're
working to make changes, but it's not going to happen in the forseeable
future.  It kind of feels like they were trying to trick us into feeling
good about the situation...

In any case, thanks for all your help on the "inside"!

AG