Hi Mike, I am not biased against HWM, but what I question is the objectivity that is currently used within this project. As an open source software, you would assume that this project is run by the community - as often claimed by anybody within the PMC. If you look at the current list of members and there personal relations, I would argue that there is at least a conflicting perspective:
PMC Members with HWM background * Jacopo Cappellato (V.P. Technology - Hotwax Media) * Scott Gray (Developer - Hotwax Media) * Bilgin Ibryam (Former Hotwax Developer) * David E. Jones (Former CTO Hotwax Media) * Anil Patel (COO Hotwax Media) * Ashish Vijaywargiya (Vice President of Operations at HotWax Media) * Andrew Zeneski (former CIO Hotwax Media) --- Other PMC members * Adrian Crum * Hans Bakker * Jacques le Roux * Erwan de Ferrieres * Adam Heath * David Welton If you focus on those that are currently active, you cannot argue that the PMC isn't overrun by HWM employees. Now to be very precise on this: I don't think that this by itself is a problem. It does, however, put you on the spot and makes it less obvious that there is a community focus in place. Does this mean that I question every decision by the PMC? No, I think they are mostly doing a fine job, but it does mean that the community has to be careful, just to make sure that community interest are not neglected in favor of company interests. Active movements against large commits, as in OFBIZ-5312 or presented before, don't really help to "clear" the air in this case and neither does protectionism of software fragments that aren't used much outside HWM. -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/The-future-of-OFBiz-Open-Discussion-tp4648865p4649425.html Sent from the OFBiz - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
