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
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