Thanks, Carl. Wow -- this is really thorough!
I'll run through this and forward suggested edits, if any. We'll also need a few days to review it within the PRC; hopefully it can be announced early next week. Cheers, Sally --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Carl Trieloff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Carl Trieloff <[email protected]> > Subject: Qpid Graduation release > To: [email protected] > Cc: "ASF PRC Team" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 9:47 AM > Sally, > > It took longer than expected, but here is what we have with > feedback people on the dev list and all that kindly provided > quotes. > > Please let us know when you expect it will be released. > kind regards > Carl. > > > > *The Apache Software Foundation Names Qpid a Top-Level > Project* > > > /Open source messaging implementation built on the AMQP > standard promoted to self-governed position by community > foundation/ > > > *FOREST HILL, MD *--* January x, 2009* -- The Apache > Software Foundation (ASF) today announced the graduation of > the Qpid project from an Apache incubator project to a > Top-Level Project (TLP). With its promotion to TLP status, > Qpid has been recognized for its maturity and vibrant > community, as well as for being well-governed and practicing > the Apache process and principles. > > > "On the heels of its recent graduation, Qpid has also > reached the completion of the major Qpid M4 release. > We're thrilled to have been recognized by the Apache > Software Foundation for the growth and maturity of the Qpid > project," said Carl Trieloff, chair, Qpid and senior > consulting software engineer at Red Hat. "With the > promotion to an Apache Top-Level Project, our project is > recognized for outstanding development based on our rapidly > expanding community, infrastructure and for collaborative > development." > > > John O'Hara, Chairman of the AMQP Working Group and > Executive Director at JPMorgan, said "I am delighted > that the Apache Software Foundation has graduated the Qpid > AMQP server. AMQP is an open infrastructure for business > messaging over the Internet. Apache Qpid developers have > been active participants in the AMQP Working Group working > in partnership with other AMQP solution developers and > end-users. The ASF's provision of Qpid as its AMQP > implementation adds to the range of AMQP solutions > businesses can choose from to improve their > efficiency." > > > Apache Qpid, a messaging implementation built on the > Advanced Messaging Queuing Protocol (AMQP) specification, > provides transaction management, queuing, clustering, > federation, security, management and multi-platform support. > Qpid was initially proposed to the ASF in December 2006 by > Trieloff. The project was fortunate to be started with an > initial code donation created by some of the initial project > members. Since then, Qpid has and continues to expand its > committer base and diversity of organizations and > individuals represented. Today, it runs critical systems for > many users and large organizations while continuing to lead > through innovation and implementation. > > > "Since joining AMQP.org last year, we have seen how > valuable the AMQP specification is to the participating > customers," said Sam Ramji, Senior Director, Platform > Strategy, Microsoft. "It is great to see the > Apache/Qpid project maturing as the community strives to > address the customer need for choice and improved > enterprise-class messaging interoperability." > > > The Qpid team believes that the graduation of the project > is a fresh and exciting addition to the Apache Software > Foundation, as do many of those that use the project. > "WSO2 believes that Apache Qpid is an important > addition to addressing the enterprise messaging demands of > our customers, and we support connecting both C and Java > middleware to Apache Qpid for AMQP messaging," saidPaul > Fremantle, CTO at WSO2 and member of the Apache Qpid Project > Management Committee. > > > To use, interact and/or contribute to Apache Qpid, > > visit _http://qpid.apache.org > <http://qpid.apache.org/>_. > > > > > > *About the Apache Software Foundation (ASF)* > > Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation > provides organizational, legal, and financial support for a > broad range of Open Source software projects, including > Apache HTTP Server -- the world's most popular Web > server software for more than a decade. 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