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November 19, 2007 | Comments: (0)
Spring founders rename company
Interface21, the consulting firm that has been the developer of the open source Spring Framework for Java, has changed its name to more closely associate with its bread-and-butter technology.
As of Monday, the company is now known as SpringSource. "We created Spring. Now our name says it all," says the company's Web page.
SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson cited the success of Spring in explaining the name change in his blog.
"When I founded Interface21 in 2004, I had to pick a name. I believed Spring to be the future of enterprise Java, and 'Interface21' reflected those feelings—the framework for the 21st century," Johnson said. "Now we’re well into the [21st] century. Spring has proven to be more successful than I could have dreamed, and has become a de facto standard for enterprise Java."
Spring also is becoming popular with .Net developers and millions worldwide have downloaded Spring Portfolio products, he said.
"All the major Spring committers work here," Johnson added. It has been confusing to have a company name that is distanced from the product the company created, he said.
Posted by Paul Krill on November 19, 2007 03:23 PM
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