Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:35:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ellis Teer <e_teer@yahoo.com>
Subject: JSR47 vs. log4j
To: java-logging-input@eng.sun.com

To whom it may concern,

I feel that the differences between log4j and the JSR47 API outlined at the
following URL are significant.

http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/critique.html

I also feel, that rather than reinventing the wheel the JSR47 group should
incorporate the log4j API rather than recreating it.  The standards put forth
by the JSR group will eventually replace any similarly functioning external API
due to its incorporation into the JDK.  For the number of people who already
use log4j, such as myself, it feels that Sun by way of including this new API
in the JDK is forcing users of log4j to switch.  I understand that there are
licensing issues but I suspect Ceki would be accommodating in this regard.

In addition, by incorporating such projects into the API rather than recreating
them from scratch I believe Sun will promote more projects like these to move
forward rather than possibly dissuading programmers from creating new API's for
fear that their work will become useless by Sun's recreation of their features
in the next JDK.

I point to the success of Tomcat as an example.

Sincerely,

-Ellis Teer

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