The Java Community Process - Is Sun Listening?

cgu queries: "For those who are familiar with it, log4j is one of the most widely used Java libraries today. Sun Microsystems intends to ship an obviously inferior package with JDK 1.4. Is the Java Community Process just a fig leaf allowing Sun to ignore existing development efforts? What has been the experience of other Java developers with the JCP?" There's a bit of history here, so you'll probably want to check out the log4j pages linked to, above. This is a large concern for any language which has developed a community around it, who hopes to assist in its further development. So is Sun paying attention to the community that has rallied around Java or is the Java Community Process just paying lipservice to the intended ideal?