On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:02, Paul Hammant wrote:
> >And this is probably the hardest part of it. Since we are all individuls
> >here doing things on a voluntary basis and have our very own preferences
> >(babies) this we almost never happen. If Apache would run "commercial"
> >procedure we clearly had less overlay between the projects and some guys
> >from the IT architecture department will tell the other guys in the
> >development department what they had to use for their apps. And the
> >management clearly knows that human resources are the most costly factor
> >in the IT departments! This is what Apache doesn't have to pay for and
> >thus have to allow much more individuality for every one of us.
>
> True, but other teams could <b>decide</b> that Avalon is good enough to
> be a foundation at some point. I think it all starts with Tomcat. If
> we ported a simple HTTP server (resurrect PicoServer) to Avalon, then
> the Tomcat team might like what they see and make plans themselves.
It will be a while before TC5 comes around (could be years off). Before we
even approach them there are still things that needs to be done to phoenix to
make it "worthy". A while back phoenix became "acceptable" for my uses (ie it
does everything I need at this stage) and thus development slowed a little.
It will eventually get to killer-app status I hope .. just takes time.
> Voluntary basis is the key.
agreed.
> They're all doing other Apache projects,
> we're doing Avalon (plus in many cases proprietory blocks based on
> it)... it's the same for us. A sort of critical mass pattern.
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Cheers,
Pete
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