Neil Bartlett on OSGi

Summary
This interview, conducted at QCon 2009, covers a wide range of topics beginning with a definition of OSGi and ending with an audience question about integrating OSGi into legacy application servers (like Websphere). In between Neil answers questions about the origins and evolution of OSGi, how OSGi compares to .Net modularization, and constraints on the use of certain Java libraries.

Bio
Neil Bartlett is the author of "OSGi in Practice" and the tutorial series"Getting Started with OSGi." He is a developer, consultant, and trainer specializing ins OSGi, Java, and Eclipse RCP. Neil created the open source "BundleMonitor," an eclipse plug-in that allows you to view and manipulate OSGi bundles, services and configurations in the running Eclipse instance.

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