These are the final results of the Final Approval Ballot for JSR #181. The Executive Committee for SE/EE has approved this ballot.

JSR181

StageFinal Approval Ballot

Ballot durationMar 29, 2005 to Apr 11, 2005

Votes

SE/EE

Apache Software Foundation

Apple Computer, Inc.

BEA Systems

Borland Software Corporation

Fujitsu Limited

Google Inc.

Hewlett-Packard

IBM

Intel Corp.

Lea, Doug

Nortel

Oracle

Progress Software

Red Hat

SAP SE

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Vote Log

SE/EE

On 2005-03-29 Red Hat voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-03-30 Progress Software voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-03-30 BEA Systems voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-03-31 Sun Microsystems, Inc. voted Yes with the following comment:
Sun is happy to see this important JSR reach final ballot.
The use of Java language annotations as defined in JSR-181
will greatly simplify the development of Java web services.
Congratulations to BEA!

However, there are some small but important issues which will
need to be addressed quickly in two follow-up Maintenance Reviews.
First, there need to be some clarifications to the inheritance
rules around annotations.  Second there will need to be minor
updates to allow for full alignment with JAX-RPC 2.0.  We
have been assured by the spec lead that both these issues will
be addressed quickly.

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On 2005-04-01 Google Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-03 Hewlett-Packard voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-04 Intel Corp. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-04 Apple Computer, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-04 SAP SE voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-04 Borland Software Corporation voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-04 Apache Software Foundation voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-07 Oracle voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-08 Nortel voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-09 Lea, Doug voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-04-11 IBM voted Yes with the following comment:
IBM's vote is based on the technical merits of this JSR and is not a vote on the licensing terms.  IBM supports licensing models that create an open and level playing field by allowing third parties to create independent implementations of Java Specifications and that do not allow individuals or companies to exercise unnecessary control for proprietary advantage.  We support open source as a licensing model for contributions in the JCP, and would hope others will support this direction. This comment is not necessarily directed at the current business or license terms for this JSR, however, it is a statement of IBM's preferred licensing model.
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On 2005-04-11 Fujitsu Limited voted Yes with no comment.
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