Pier Fumagalli wrote: > > In my opinion the key idea of the ASF is to push the idea of the different > communities behind a project. I can't count how many times I heard on our > lists that a project can be considered "mature" only when the original > author left and someone else in the community picked up the "leading" role > in the development. > > Pushing the idea of a "guru" (IMVHO) is exactly the opposite of pushing the > idea of a community. It's a single individual over the bazillion of people > behind this or that project, and I wouldn't want it to be seen as a > "serious" figure promoted by the foundation...
pier, please remember that the people at apachecon are primarily USERS, not developers. please do not try to apply our internal criteria to them. a 'guru' is exactly what many of them would like to encounter. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
