Originally posted by Saket Barve:
RI actually denotes Sun One App Server.
Regards,
Saket
Thats the post
J2EE 1.3's brand/marketing name to me. Besides, there're numerous specifications around, not just the EJB, so RI strictly speaking does not apply only to the "Sun One App Server".
I'd agree with Nick that RI meant Reference Implementation. This is the correct meaning of it.