True, but other teams could <b>decide</b> that Avalon is good enough to be a foundation at some point. I think it all starts with Tomcat. If we ported a simple HTTP server (resurrect PicoServer) to Avalon, then the Tomcat team might like what they see and make plans themselves.
And this is probably the hardest part of it. Since we are all individuls here doing things on a voluntary basis and have our very own preferences (babies) this we almost never happen. If Apache would run "commercial" procedure we clearly had less overlay between the projects and some guys from the IT architecture department will tell the other guys in the development department what they had to use for their apps. And the management clearly knows that human resources are the most costly factor in the IT departments! This is what Apache doesn't have to pay for and thus have to allow much more individuality for every one of us.
Voluntary basis is the key. They're all doing other Apache projects, we're doing Avalon (plus in many cases proprietory blocks based on it)... it's the same for us. A sort of critical mass pattern.
- PH
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