2009/10/9 zoe <[email protected]> > > IIUC the blog that you envision is meant as an Aries project blog? >> >> > Yes > >> If that's the case, I strongly recommend having it at >> http://blogs.apache.org/aries - this will make it more visible >> alongside other Apache blogs, and should help make it a group effort. >> Adding it to http://planet.apache.org/ as well is certainly a good >> idea. >> >> > It would make it more visible to people that already know about Apache > blogs. However, I think the intention of such a blog to is communicate the > developments and successes of the Aries incubator to a wider community of > users and potential users. For this to be successful the most important > factor is how easy it is for contributors to use - both the quantity and > quality of content will actually determine the success. It is primarily for > this reason that I suggested Blogger - I have used Roller and found that it > was hard - to the point where I was discouraged from posting. > > There is no Apache policy that I can find that mandates the use of Apache > blogs, so, given the precedent already set by Tuscany and Synapse, and for > the reasons I have stated above, I would still prefer to use Blogger. > > In then end, I'd really like the community of people that might use the > blog to come in with opinions - I'm only one of the people that might use > it. Maybe it's just as straightforward as asking people to vote? >
Hi Zoe, Now that everyone knows the various blogging options it makes sense to start a vote thread. Voting is a good way to gauge consensus: http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html :) > Zoe > -- Cheers, Stuart
