The Origins of NetKernel
NetKernel was started at
Hewlett-Packard Labs in 1999.
It was conceived by Dr. Russ Perry, Dr. Royston Sellman and
Dr. Peter Rodgers as a general purpose XML operating environment
that could address the needs of the exploding interest in XML
dialects for intra-industry XML messaging.
NetKernel was originally called Dexter which stands for Declarative XML
Transform Engine.
Its emphasis on a declarative approach to manipulating XML has remained strong throughout
the life of the product.
In early 2002 HP rethought it's software strategy.
We can't discuss the details, but Peter Rodgers, the leader of
HP Lab's XML research program, negotiated with HP to acquire
the rights to the project and established 1060 Research with
co-founder Tony Butterfield, a member of the HP Labs team.
1060 Research has refined and fully implemented the original concepts.
These are now realised in the 1060 Research NetKernel architecture
which has gone way beyond the original ideas, and now provides a general model for
scalable and adaptive software development.
Founding Contributors
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The 1060 NetKernel concept owes a great deal either directly, indirectly,
or subliminally to the following individuals.
Thank you.
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| Dr Russell Perry | HP Labs |
| Dr Royston Sellman | HP Labs |
| Robin Gallimore - Director HPLB | HP Labs |
| Dr John "Rocketboy" Erickson | HP Labs |
| Steve Loughran | HP Labs/HP Corvallis |
| Senior Researchers: Dr Bill Wickes, Dave Banks, Dr Poorvi Vora, Dr Phil Stenton, Dr Dave Reynolds, Dr Stuart Williams, Dr Martin Merry, Nick Wainwright | HP Labs |
| Bruce Perens | (ex)HP Opensource Guru |
| Bob Bickel | (ex)HP Middleware Chief |
Further Reading
A
Hewlett Packard Research Report
presents the Dexter Project, the project which seeded NetKernel.
Origins
