Thanks for taking a look Shi. I'll do the update.
Thanks
Sharan
On 04/08/16 05:41, Shi Jinghai wrote:
Thank you Sharan!
You can remove my info there as I'm working for a startup company. The other 2
China companies are ok. The Brains Info has a customer Suning. I guess Suning's
ecommerce website is based on OFBiz (Suning has just bought Football Club
Internazionale Milano).
Kind Regards,
Shi Jinghai
-----邮件原件-----
发件人: Sharan Foga [mailto:sharan.f...@gmail.com]
发送时间: 2016年8月3日 15:43
收件人: dev@ofbiz.apache.org
主题: Re: Apache OFBiz Service Providers page
I will start to implement some of these changes discussed here so if anyone
else wants to join in and help, then please feel free.
Thanks
Sharan
On 2016-08-02 16:06 (+0200), Jacopo Cappellato
<jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote:
While we wait for the new site we could:
0) add the page discalimer as suggested; additionally, as Jacques
pointed out, this page is open to anyone who submits an ICLA and asks
to be registered as OFBiz contributor: no one is really reviewing the
data provided... we could mention this in the header of the page
1) merge the two lists into one
2) sort in alphabetical order
3) add a column with the number of committers; one with the number of
contributors; we could add also a column with the number of employees
working on OFBiz related projects; I don't think that this data would
"unduly advantage one commercial entity": the idea is to provide some
insight about the teams available to work on OFBiz specific projects
4) make the above columns sortable
5) Location: simply specify the location of the company's
offices/buildings; in the description the company can specify the
countries of operation
Jacopo
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny
<elecha...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi !
it came to my attention that this page :
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Servi
ce+Providers
might not be neutral enough, as it lists companies having Ofbiz
committers before any other companies. This is a problem,
accordingly to this :
"Apache is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, which is a tax-exempt charity for
the public good. As such, our projects must not unduly advantage
one commercial entity over another -- otherwise, funding our
projects would be a way to fund a commercial activity without being
taxed."
You can also have a look at
http://community.apache.org/projectIndependence :
"
Apache projects are managed independently
Apache projects must be managed independently, and PMCs must ensure
that they are acting in the best interests of the project as a
whole. Note that it is similarly important that the PMC clearly show
this independence within their project community. The perception of
existing and new participants within the community that the PMC is
run independently and without favoring any specific third parties
over others is important, to allow new contributors to feel
comfortable both joining the community and contributing their work.
A community that obviously favors one specific vendor in some
exclusive way will often discourage new contributors from competing
vendors, which is an issue for the long term health of the project.
"
I would suggest you rework this page to order the company using an
alphabetical order, not mentionning the fact taht some committers
belong to those companies.
I'm not sure that grouping companies by country is the right thing
to do, as some of them might provide support in many countries. One
option would be to add the list of countries a company provides
support in on the same line.
A disclaimer at the top of the page may also be added, informing
users that neither Apache nor the project endorse any company. You
can have a look at other project's page :
http://cxf.apache.org/commercial-cxf-offerings.html
http://directory.apache.org/commercial-support.html
Thanks !
Emmanuel Lécharny
