Yes, the solution is always "have the already overbooked core team do more". I'm getting tired of that answer too.
Rick On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Jack Woehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick McGuire wrote: > >> The continued health of this project requires an active, growing >> community. > > IBM let ObjectRexx off the leash about eight years late for that. If ooRexx > had > been open sourced before Ruby came forward ... sigh ... > > It *is* a very small community and the language doesn't have a specific > mission. > > PHP does simple websites. > Ruby does fancier ones. > Perl does sysadmin and CGI. > > What does ObjectRexx address that would have people flying around the > country to conferences > and embracing it like they do for Ruby and Perl? > > The problem isn't so much that you need more of the techies who play with > OORexx already. > The problem is that you (we) need to enunciate a mission for ObjectRexx and > go recruit more > techies who stand behind such a mission into our little ObjectRexx army. > > What can ObjectRexx do (aside from "be fun to program in") better than the > other > open source languages with established communities? Answer that and you > answer > our labor shortage. > > For me the answer is, "It's a very easy scripting language and BSF4Rexx made > it the > easiest way to script Java." Until I started my own Open Source Project > PigIron > to provide Java access to z/VM SMAPI I liked Object Rexx (since 1995) but > had never > before found the value proposition to use it for anything real. Now I've got > a value > proposition, this complete ObjectRexx interface to z/VM SMAPI that started > as simply > a testing tool for the underlying Java code. > > In the meantime, Rick, are you leveraging the (admittedly few) resources > that are already > at your disposal to try to get help? > > have you broken this down into some well-factored tasks/assignments > are these tasks posted in the Tasks section of the ooRexx SourceForge site? > Do you have recruitment notices posted on SourceForge? > > Also, why don't we try to convince editor Jon Erickson to hook you up with a > Guru blog > on Dr. Dobb's CodeTalk and you can publicize a bit and maybe draw some users > in there? > I've certainly been mentioning ObjectRexx there, e.g. Calling Java from Open > Object Rexx > > Maybe we can "start a buzz" as the youngsters say. > > -- > Jack J. Woehr # "Self-delusion is > http://www.well.com/~jax # half the battle!" > http://www.softwoehr.com # - Zippy the Pinhead > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel