We could create an apache hadoop list of product selection discussions. I believe this list is intended to be focused on project governance and similar discussions. Maybe we should simply create a governance list and leave this one to be the free for all?
On Jul 2, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Ian Holsman wrote: > > On Jul 2, 2011, at 7:38 AM, Ted Dunning wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Abhishek Mehta <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> open and honest conversations on this thread/group, irrespective of >>> whether one represents a company or apache, should be encouraged. >>> >> >> Paradoxically, I partially agree with Ian on this. On the one hand, it is >> important to hear about alternatives in the same eco-system (and alternative >> approaches from other communities). That is a bit different from Ian's >> view. > > While I don't mind that technical alternatives get discussed, I do get PO'd > when > the conversation goes into why product X is better than Y, or when someone > makes claims that are incorrect because some 'customer' told them and stuff > like that. > > If we can keep it at architecture/approaches instead of why a certain product > is better than go right ahead. > >> >> Where I agree with him is that discussions should not be in the form of >> simple breast beating. Discussions should be driven by data and experience. >> All data and experience are of equal value if they represent quality >> thought. The only place that company names should figure in this is as a >> bookmark so you can tell which product/release has the characteristic under >> consideration. >> >> >>> ... And in that sense we all owe ASF and the hadoop community (and not any >>> one company) an equal amount of gratitude, humility and respect. >>> >> >> This doesn't get said nearly enough. >
