I'll do what I can. - Andy
--- On Wed, 7/30/08, Jim Kellerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jim Kellerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE RE: HBase, Stack and Jim Kellerman > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 6:14 PM > As of Friday August 1, when the acquisition of Powerset by > Microsoft closes, Michael Stack and I will not be able to > make further contributions to HBase until a process is > developed within Microsoft for us to do so. > > We do expect such a process to be developed at this point, > since Microsoft is now a platinum sponsor of Apache.org. > However, when lawyers get involved, who knows how long it > will take or if it will really happen. Things are looking > positive at this point, but now you know as much as I do. > > Stack and I will be able to commit patches contributed by > other members of the HBase community, so if there was ever > an incentive for others to contribute, this is it! > > We will continue to monitor the mailing lists and the IRC > channel, but beyond that, reviewing patches and committing > contributions from others, our hands are tied. > > Once the situation is resolved (one way or the other) we > will will let the community know. > > --- > Jim Kellerman, Senior Engineer; Powerset
