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JSR #377
Desktop|Embedded Application API
JSR Renewal Ballot
Ballot duration: 2017-03-14 to: 2017-03-27

Special Vote Instructions:

Work on JSR-377 has been done at a slow pace. On one side the reaction from the general public is positive. I've presented the state of the JSR, its API and future additions at several conferences and user meetings in 2016. Most attendees agreed the API looks sound, some even pointed out possible updates. We also did some work on the API at a couple of Hackergarten meetings in the past year.

However work at the EG has not been progressed as much as I'd like; it's my responsibility it happened this way.

I hope the JCP EC will grant us one more extension. The (growing) number of questions/answers related to JavaFX alone at StackOverflow reflect the need for better APIs for building Java desktop applications. Swing remains popular. The Brazilian government would also benefit from a JSR in this area as even though many open source options exist out there they won't pick a solution that's not bases on a standard, and no Java framework out there complies with this requirement.

These are the final results of the JSR Renewal Ballot for JSR #377. The EC has approved this ballot.

Votes

Azul Systems, Inc.

Credit Suisse

Eclipse Foundation, Inc

Fujitsu Limited

Gemalto M2M GmbH

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Grimstad, Ivar

Hazelcast

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

IBM

* Intel Corp.

Keil, Werner

London Java Community

MicroDoc

NXP Semiconductors

Oracle

Red Hat

SAP SE

Software AG

SouJava

Tomitribe

Twitter, Inc.

V2COM

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Yes
No
Abstain
Not voted

* EC Member : Voting rights have been suspended according to JCP 2.8

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On 2017-03-17 Hewlett Packard Enterprise voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-15 Software AG voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-15 SAP SE voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-15 NXP Semiconductors voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-16 Grimstad, Ivar voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-16 London Java Community voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-16 Red Hat voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-16 Credit Suisse voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-16 Keil, Werner voted Abstain with the following comment:
I'm afraid I can't see a direct relation between StackOverflow questions about JavaFX and this JSR. 
I am myself and EG member and talked to fellow EG member Doychin Bondzhev during Java2Days last November about the lack of activity. Asking him to explore synergies especially with the NetBeans platform (https://netbeans.org/features/platform/) represented by fellow speakers from Oracle. 
I have not heard of any results, nor are they visible either on the GitHub project or Gitter chat. Both show no activity since February 2016. The Spec Lead actively contributes to Griffon, but even that is not using any of the proposed API. That leaves me only to abstain.
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On 2017-03-17 Gemalto M2M GmbH voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-26 Fujitsu Limited voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-27 Twitter, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-19 MicroDoc voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-20 Hazelcast voted Yes with the following comment:
We're happy to see it gains some attraction and gladly vote yes for another year. We also look forward to see some results coming out of the new interested parties :)
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On 2017-03-20 V2COM voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-20 Goldman Sachs & Co. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-20 SouJava voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-27 IBM voted Abstain with the following comment:
IBM is abstaining from voting on this JSR. While we continue to believe the technical scope of the JSR will likely create significant difficulties in its implementation and adoption, we see no reason the JSR shouldn't proceed.
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On 2017-03-27 Eclipse Foundation, Inc voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-27 Oracle voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-14 Tomitribe voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2017-03-16 Azul Systems, Inc. voted Yes with no comment.
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