+1 to everything Peter says here. -Ted.
Peter Donald wrote: > I must have missed that bit. The PMC serves a useful purpose (effectively > policing/fixing things when it is absiolutely necessary and encouragiung > growth in the "Apache Spirit") ... > So I keep hearing everyone say and I watch with amusement as every new > project is brought to Jakarta ;) > > Personally I think that jakarta is the only place that has the presence to > actually achieve something like that. Eclipse/netbeans are too vendor > specific, sourceforge is not a community, GNU people generally consider java > "a blight upon the free software world" or at least their leader does, Linux > people don't like it because it is OS-agnostic (and they want linux to be a > required component rather than one of a bunch). ... > > Jakarta can't grow forever. > > Why not ? > > > When do you decide to actually step up and try to make a change? > > Never if you think they are fine as they are ;) ... > With the the high threshold of entry I doubt jakarta will ever be in the same > category as sourceforge - I can't see that as anything but a strawman that is > brought up every now and again ;) > > -- > Cheers, > > Pete -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA. -- Building Java web applications with Struts. -- Tel +1 585 737-3463. -- Web http://www.husted.com/struts/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
