> -----Original Message-----
> From:
Carlos
Perez
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:18 AM
> To: 'community-process@sun.com'
> Subject: JSR47
API
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> I am writing to use about the JSR47 API (i.e. Logging API). Both
the
> IBM's logging toolkit for Java and Log4J were produced by IBM
and
> published in the alphaworks web site at the almost the same
time. During
> that time, Log4J received a much larger share of interest and support
than
> the logging toolkit. This does imply that Log4J is a supperior
api for
> many reasons.
>
> I feel dissappointed that the JCP will endorse a clearly inferior api
over
> an api that has shown its merits in the real world. It has
always been
> clear since the alphaworks days that the 2 proponents of the logging
API's
> have been in competition. Though, I believe it is unfair to cast
judgment
> on which API to be standard based on pure political maneuvering
skill.
> The choice should be determined by what is actually used in the
field.
> Aside from possibly IBM's Websphere, I do not know of any other users
of
> the IBM logging toolkit.
>
> This should tell you something, don't force down the developer's
throats
> an inferior api!
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlos E. Perez
>
>