On Jan 16, 2008 2:14 PM, Antonio Petrelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for being rude.
No offense taken. Like all ASF projects, Apache Struts is modeled after the original Apache HTTPD Group. In this sense, it is like a group in an operating system. Everyone in the group has the same privileges (or "karma") and, we can do all the same things, interchangeably. The Apache HTTPD Group came about because the NCSA web server was not being maintained. People needed a scalable and secure web server to use at work, but no one at NCSA was available to apply the needed patches. Much of the Apache Way is designed to keep individuals from becoming bottlenecks, and to keep companies from controlling the future of a product. Most people become involved in ASF projects because we use the product at work, and it is in our professional best interest that the product be the best that it can be. A key idea is that an ASF development group is relatively large, so that if two or three or four of us are busy, there are other volunteers who can pick up the slack. Unfortunately, in the case of Struts, we have so few active committers, that if a couple of us become busy, progress grinds to a halt. It's OK to busy. It's good to be busy. But, when we become too busy to do the work, we should at least try to nominate other volunteers who may be eager to do the work we cannot do. Spread the joy; share the wealth. -Ted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
