One for Apache from Sri Lanka
2006.05.05
Apache Axis2 1.0 released, comes the announcement from Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, a pioneer in promoting FOSS in Sri Lanka. Through LSF, and their latest venture WSO2, Sanjiva and his clan are leading web services innovation.
Apache Axis2 is the first piece of middleware that has been largely created in Sri Lanka. This is not outsourcing- this is rock solid innovation all the way from the other side of the world. Apache Axis2 is not a brainded implementation of some JCP specs- in fact, we rejected the JCP specs and created our own way of doing things: not because of arrogance, but because those JCP specs don’t quite cut it technically. It is innovation in its rawest form.
It’s wonderful to see this kick-ass team living up to their full potential. I’m sure they’ll go on to much bigger and better things, and take Sri Lanka to greater heights.
