On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Carl. > > Wow -- this is really thorough!
Indeed. > 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. Looks good to me. Cheers, Sander > 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. The Foundation >> provides an established framework for intellectual property >> and financial contributions that simultaneously limits >> contributors' potential legal exposure. Through a >> collaborative and meritocratic development process, Apache >> projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software >> products that attract large communities of users. The >> pragmatic Apache License makes it easy for all users, >> commercial and individual, to deploy Apache products. For >> more information, please see http://www.apache.org/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation Project: http://qpid.apache.org Use/Interact: mailto:[email protected]
