[pjmlp]

Because OSGi is a pile of needless complexity for selling consulting support, the less I have to touch it the better.

[wodencafe]

Ok, but do you think JPMS is a better alternative?

[fauigerzigerk]

Aren't you an IT consultant though? ;-)

[pjmlp]

Yes, but getting to do JEE and stuff like Websphere is already enough, I don't need to fight with OSGi as well. :)

Having written a few Eclipse plugins was already enough.

[wodencafe]

Don't let Eclipse give you a bad impression of OSGi.

There are now some very cool things that make starting a new OSGi project a lot easier:

* Declarative Services, for simplifying Component definitions (No more editing XML)

* bnd / bndtools for building your OSGified jar (No more manually editing the Manifest)