1.0 Beta

The title says it all; we're finally at a point where the WSO2 Mashup Server has all the features we think are critical, looks right and feels ready! From the time we started planning for this set of features we had targeted a release before the end of this year; what we hadn't done was draw the line in the sand and said 'once we have these, the product is feature complete'. For all the people building stuff that 'needs just this killer feature and then it'll be complete' I highly recommend putting out a beta; I sleep better at night now!

Having said all that, from where we were a couple of weeks ago with most of the core product features in place but the really critical community stuff just taking shape, it's amazing how everything came together just right and just in time! Maybe it's proof that the bazaar approach really does work, maybe it's the fact that when you can work from anywhere you can get a lot more work done and maybe it's just that I'm working with a bunch of geniuses - the fact is that we got so much done in so little time and all of it works as expected!

I've got a lot planned out for the upcoming holidays and some of these plans actually do involve learning and technology instead of movies, books, food and drink. Either way, I'm hoping for a week and a bit that'll be a great deal of fun, so I'll keep you posted!