Talk:Nexaweb
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Nexaweb may be notable for having survived the dot.com crash and for not having been absorbed into SCO, Sun HP, IBM or Microsoft and in that regard is comparable to the companies backing Curl and Rebol for RIA outside the Java or .NET platforms. It remains to be seen if such companies can survive the strategies of JavaFX at Sun and Silverlight at Microsoft which are aimed to transform AJAX frameworks for RIA.
As of mid-2007 Nexaweb offers little more than an Eclipse-based IDE and and web server deployment and messaging environment whose chief rival would be JBoss, which was acquired by RedHat earlier in 2007.
There is some evidence that acquisition of innovative firms by giant firms may stifle innovation as evidenced by the apparent continuing appetite for acquisitions by giant companies which also claim to be the leaders in internet technology. The suppression of two innovative languages by Sun, one of which was an acquisition, has delayed innovation in at least two areas of programming language development. On the other hand, Microsoft has recently begun to show an interest in areas of computer science and programming languages which it had previously neglected and other signs of hiring innovators rather than simply acquiring prospective competitors. In the case of IBM, many innovations within the company simply became terminated projects. Some may have been 'ahead of their time' such as IBM Hermes.
The socio-economics of internet technology acquisitions is a difficult area as many of the most advanced companies with proprietary software remain privately held and information is difficult to acquire in some areas due to the protection of competitive advantage. Publicity and pundits in the mass media are not a reliable indicator of where innovation is occurring.
At this time wikipedia does not have a mechanism for tracking such companies. It does, however, tolerate articles by Sun such as those on JavaFX which could be seen as aimed to stifle innovation outside of Sun ( products not flagged as 'still in development'.) Premature announcements should not be placed in wikipedia as factual reports of software platforms.
It is not yet evident that Nexaweb has such notable technology underlying their reported successes.
So long as Wikipedia tolerates blatant promo articles by Sun and other corporate giants, it is hard to see why articles such as this should be deleted. In all likelihood this article belongs at www.aboutus.com and not at wikipedia. This view might not be shared in countries where Nexaweb is viewed as an alternative to entrenched dominant firms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grshiplett (talk • contribs) 05:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- "So long as Wikipedia tolerates blatant promo articles by Sun and other corporate giants, it is hard to see why articles such as this should be deleted."
- It's about notability. Sun has almost 35,000 employees and $14B a year in revenue. If they have a "blatant promo article", I agree that is a problem, but there is no question that they deserve an entry on Wikipedia.
- Meanwhile, if and when Nexaweb has evidence, rather than speculation, to back up their notability, I think we should create a neutral, descriptive entry. Until then, IMHO, no. Josephgrossberg 14:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
