Fleury: Does IBM say that?
CRN: No, they didn't say that to me. Some developers and solution providers that build applications have mentioned this to me that Apache might be a good steward of Java.
Fleury: I'm not so sure. I'm talking about the C-code base [group that built] the original Apache Web Server. [The Web server] is a big success, a big open-source success. The group, though, it's not a group of professional [open source players]. The nonprofit nature really bothers me actually.
CRN: Why's that?
Fleury: Because if there is no one for-profit entity, then the biggest guy wins. And right now that's IBM at Apache. If you look at what happened with [the] Axis [open-source project], it's a proof point. But please don't mischaracterize my intentions. I have a lot of respect for the Apache Software Foundation and the C-code base there, and the same thing goes for IBM. IBM has done a lot of good for the open-source community at large.
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