These are the final results of the Final Approval Ballot for JSR #208. The Executive Committee for SE/EE has approved this ballot.

JSR208

StageFinal Approval Ballot

Ballot durationJun 7, 2005 to Jun 20, 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 2005-06-07 Sun Microsystems, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-08 Red Hat voted Yes with the following comment:
A major specification for the Java ecosystem!
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On 2005-06-10 Lea, Doug voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-10 Google Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-10 Intel Corp. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-11 Apache Software Foundation voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-13 Hewlett-Packard voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-13 Progress Software voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-13 SAP SE voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-14 Oracle voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-14 Nortel voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-14 Borland Software Corporation voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-15 Apple Computer, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-19 Fujitsu Limited voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-06-20 IBM voted Abstain with the following comment:
IBM abstains because the JBI specification doesn't represent a sufficient step forward in terms of what we believe our customers need, and above what they can already do. Many technologies and open specifications are available to the Java programmer today with more compelling interoperability and better mechanisms for component composition. IBM's priority is to enable integration with the broadest range of platforms, applications, and existing business assets. This demands a language-neutral approach using today's Web Services standards, and simpler programming and application models.
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On 2005-06-20 BEA Systems voted Abstain with the following comment:
BEA believes that the JBI specification is an incomplete attempt to standardize the interfaces between multi-vendor infrastructure and contributes little to the usefulness of the Java platform for business application integration, one of the real pain point for our customers. It's unfortunate that it's name alone will result in significant confusion in the marketplace. 
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