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> On Mar 3, 2014, at 8:44 AM, "Frank Scholten" <scholten....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, count me in. > >> On Mar 3, 2014, at 7:34, Sebastian Schelter <s...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Thats a very good idea. I'm happy to join! >> >>> On 03/03/2014 07:31 AM, Ravi Mummulla wrote: >>> Ted and others, >>> Once we have enough thoughts on 1.0 on this thread, can we get together on >>> Google Hangout and discuss the the plan, prioritize the work, and talk >>> about rough timeline for landing 1.0? We can then create JIRAs and go from >>> there. If everyone agrees, any preferences on a rough hangout date? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ravi, >>>> >>>> Good points. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Ravi Mummulla <ravi.mummu...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> - Natively support Windows (guidance, etc. No documentation exists today, >>>>> for instance) >>>> >>>> There is a bit of demand for that. >>>> >>>> - Faster time to first application (from discovery to first application >>>>> currently takes a non-trivial amount of effort; how can we lower the bar >>>>> and reduce the friction for adoption?) >>>> >>>> There is huge evidence that this is important. >>>> >>>> >>>>> - Better documenting use cases with working samples/examples >>>>> (Documentation >>>>> on https://mahout.apache.org/users/basics/algorithms.html is spread out >>>>> and >>>>> there is too much focus on algorithms as opposed to use cases - this is >>>> an >>>>> adoption blocker) >>>> >>>> This is also important. >>>> >>>> >>>>> - Uniformity of the API set across all algorithms (are we providing the >>>>> same experience across all APIs?) >>>> >>>> And many people have been tripped up by this. >>>> >>>> >>>>> - Measuring/publishing scalability metrics of various algorithms (why >>>>> would >>>>> we want users to adopt Mahout vs. other frameworks for ML at scale?) >>>> >>>> I don't see this as important as some of your other points, but is still >>>> useful. >>
