It looks like this http://rubyonrails.org/ecosystem
Very inclusive, giving a wide range of optios, and showing off many of the possible support options available. I think that as a means of garnering support for a technology this is far better than a single startup. Again, not adverse to commercialisation, as there are many firms that require support, however the name and the manner in which it has been done is as I said before, in my opinion counter productive to the promotion of the project to a wide range of developers and users alike. On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Dean Landolt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Dave butlerdi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Was quite suprised to see CouchDB Ltd on the slides from the Hadoop > meeting > > in Berlin. Was unable to get up there but really think that this is a bad > > move. > > > I work for a company *very *unfriendly to (rather, more unfamiliar with) > open-source. Having commercial entities behind specific software projects > lends them a legitimacy to many people. If you're arguing that CouchDB Ltd. > may be an endorsement or misleading name, that's one thing, but I fail to > see the poor taste behind announcing any and all commercial endeavors > behind > couch. > > > > > > You are an Apache project and this just seems counter productive. I also > > think that several other projects have become entailed of this type of > > behaviour and had problems with Apache in the end. > > > Can you give an example? As an IP geek I'm always interested in reading > about how these kinds of things go wrong. > > > > > > I do not commit, not am I interested in commercialising my experience > with > > the product, but use Couch. However, to use the project name for > > commercail > > gain by a few does seem wrong. Why not follow the Ruby/Rails example and > > set > > up a community effort for the provision of services under the CouchDB > name. > > > Can you expound on what you mean by that? I'm unfamiliar with the rails > community -- what does a "community effort for the provision of services" > look like? > -- Regards Dave Butler butlerdi-at-pharm2phork-dot-org Also on Skype as butlerdi Get Skype here http://www.skype.com/download.html ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
