After reviewing the available logging kits, I've been in the process of
converting our system from a proprietary logging API to use the log4j toolkit
(
http://www.log4j.org). While I was pleased to see a
logging implementation included in the JDK 1.4 plans, I was very disappointed to
see that it was not log4j. Clearly it is the most widely recognized and
currently used implementation available today.
Apache, Enhydra, JBoss, Expresso, FreeHEP, and countless others, all
selected log4j for a reason. It is the only serious solution for a logging
API. On technical merit alone, clearly there is no comparison. I certainly
hope that IBM's toolkit is not being selected for political reasons only.
I strongly urge you to reconsider the logging implementation for JDK
1.4.
Thank you for listening to the concerns of the development
community.
Sincerely,
Frank Baxter
VP and CTO
Synthesys Technologies, Inc.