Louis, for independent data see http://openlife.cc/blogs/2010/november/how-grow-your-open-source-project-10x-and-revenues-5x
This isn't about the ASF but about foundations in general. Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Louis Suárez-Potts<mailto:lui...@gmail.com> Sent: 2/14/2015 9:48 AM To: dev@community.apache.org<mailto:dev@community.apache.org> Subject: Re: Apache Way talks > On 14-02-2015, at 11:47, Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Feb 2015, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: >> There is value in these sessions, some people are completely new and we >> probably should still schedule them. However, I think we ought to do some >> new stuff along the lines of: >> >> How is the ASF different from other foundations? >> Why should I bring my project to Apache? >> How can I get paid to work on Apache projects? >> How do I build a business around apache software? >> Why doesn't the ASF pay for software development? >> Why, after 15 years, do people see the ASF as a desirable place to take >> software? >> Why does the ASF have a reputation for bureaucracy amongst the younger >> GitHub crowd? >> Just what rules are immutable in the ASF? > > Looks a great list to me! > > My only comment is that these look like the titles of all the sessions from a > Community Track[1], rather than the parts of an abstract for just one talk. > Is that what you had in mind? Or do you think we can really fit all of that > into a single session? > > Nick > > [1] Or even a whole conference! Say, called something like Transfer > Summit? ;-) are there easily available data showing the benefits of plunking a project in Apache? One could also use, I’d imagine, other measures of ecosystem robustness. Basically, some measure or set thereof that illustrates the comparative benefit of Apache—? Louis
