Welcome Timitribe and well done David. JLouis
2013/9/25 Jacek Laskowski <ja...@japila.pl> > Hi Dave and all, > > As you may have noticed, I've been quiet for so long that I almost > lost track of the project. I however noticed that you were too much > silent to the extend that I thought you resigned. It turned out quite > the opposite and I'm glad to have read about the announcement. I think > you, TomEE, OpenEJB and the community all deserve it and with the > company behind the project, it will be even more successful. > > Thanks. > > Jacek > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:11 AM, David Blevins <david.blev...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > You may have seen today's announcement :) Before the day closes -- I > *still* have to finish my presentation for tomorrow!! -- I want give a > quick note to my fellow TomEE creators on what I hope Tomitribe means for > all of you. > > > > This week last year I quietly left IBM after 7 years to do something I > thought was critical, vital, and ultimately had to be done. It was a hard > decision and one that took quite a long while to make. I worked with > wonderful people, on open source, was handsomely paid and traveled the > world. So why on earth would I leave such an amazing job? To be quite > honest, I want those same things for everyone here. > > > > I am offered amazing jobs and opportunities all the time -- some pretty > difficult ones to turn down. Some TomEE related some Java EE or other > related. In fact there've been a few big names sniffing around this > project. Try as I might, though, I was never able to get those offers > extended to people in this community who I feel work just as hard and are > just as important. My dream is to work with all of you as much as possible. > > > > It became abundantly clear to me that the only way this would be > possible is if I made it happen. It isn't my natural inclination to do > this kind of thing and I've found I've grown quite a lot over the last year > from the challenge pulling this into existence. It has taken significant > amount of my time away from actual development, but the sacrifice is worth > it if it can mean more time for all of you some day. > > > > We all love this project, want more time to devote to it and to those > who use it, and I'm not stopping till I can make that happen. I've had the > joy of working on open source on a near full-time basis for over 10 years > and nothing has brought me more joy than the times when there are many > active faces all pitching in. It isn't the software I love, it's the > community, it's you. > > > > People have already started to get mistaken, saying "So Tomitribe > created TomEE?" My answer is no, you have it backwards. TomEE created > Tomitribe. > > > > Tomitribe isn't going to be a 50 person company over night, but I hope > with all of your support we can get there. > > > > Open source is ultimately an act of optimism and sacrifice. You've > given so much to this project and I want to give back. You deserve it. > > > > > > -David > > > > > > -- > Jacek Laskowski > Functional languages (Clojure), Java EE, and IBM WebSphere - > http://blog.japila.pl > "Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how > slow." Plato > -- Jean-Louis
