Scott, yes our conversation did include the proposed "incubator" model, which I think is a probably (and reservedly) a good idea. I also agree that Mail Services should perhaps be moved there. But I guess there is a bit of a strategic question here. Does JBoss identify a strategic set of software that it wants to provide to meet customer demand and work to generate developer traction (demand-side economics), or does it look for projects that already have developer traction and try and generate customer demand (supply-side economics). Marc didn't discuss this directly, but I walked away with a bit of a mixed strategic message, here (perhaps you respond to customer demand for existing projects but rely on developers to dictate future projects????). I can see merits on both sides, though I personally would argue that the demand-side option might be more of a positive differentiator for JBoss. Every other open source organization seems to be supply driven. JBoss seems uniquely positioned to provide a demand driven approach, and further seems to have the most to gain from such an approach. Certainly not "throwing darts," but trying to identify the most salient complementary products to your core and investing strategically to get traction.
Having a generic incubator would seem to be a bit counter to this. The "sexier" projects would get the most developer support at the expense of the potentially more lucrative and strategically beneficial projects. Again, though, it shouldn't take much to steer developers towards the more strategic projects, even if you don't directly support it monetarily. Front page marketing, contests, spotlighting, etc. are all cheap and easy ways of incenting developers towards working more concertedly for the betterment of JBoss, rather than JBoss being entirely at the whim of the developers. Just some thoughts... Paul York, Ph.D. Student Management Information Systems University of Georgia View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3854094#3854094 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3854094 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click _______________________________________________ JBoss-Development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
