Thank you Sharan! You can remove my info there as I'm working for a startup company. The other 2 China companies are ok. The Brains Info has a customer Suning. I guess Suning's ecommerce website is based on OFBiz (Suning has just bought Football Club Internazionale Milano).
Kind Regards, Shi Jinghai -----邮件原件----- 发件人: Sharan Foga [mailto:[email protected]] 发送时间: 2016年8月3日 15:43 收件人: [email protected] 主题: Re: Apache OFBiz Service Providers page I will start to implement some of these changes discussed here so if anyone else wants to join in and help, then please feel free. Thanks Sharan On 2016-08-02 16:06 (+0200), Jacopo Cappellato <[email protected]> wrote: > While we wait for the new site we could: > > 0) add the page discalimer as suggested; additionally, as Jacques > pointed out, this page is open to anyone who submits an ICLA and asks > to be registered as OFBiz contributor: no one is really reviewing the > data provided... we could mention this in the header of the page > 1) merge the two lists into one > 2) sort in alphabetical order > 3) add a column with the number of committers; one with the number of > contributors; we could add also a column with the number of employees > working on OFBiz related projects; I don't think that this data would > "unduly advantage one commercial entity": the idea is to provide some > insight about the teams available to work on OFBiz specific projects > 4) make the above columns sortable > 5) Location: simply specify the location of the company's > offices/buildings; in the description the company can specify the > countries of operation > > Jacopo > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > > > it came to my attention that this page : > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Servi > > ce+Providers > > > > might not be neutral enough, as it lists companies having Ofbiz > > committers before any other companies. This is a problem, > > accordingly to this : > > > > "Apache is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, which is a tax-exempt charity for > > the public good. As such, our projects must not unduly advantage > > one commercial entity over another -- otherwise, funding our > > projects would be a way to fund a commercial activity without being > > taxed." > > > > > > You can also have a look at > > http://community.apache.org/projectIndependence : > > > > > > " > > > > > > Apache projects are managed independently > > > > Apache projects must be managed independently, and PMCs must ensure > > that they are acting in the best interests of the project as a > > whole. Note that it is similarly important that the PMC clearly show > > this independence within their project community. The perception of > > existing and new participants within the community that the PMC is > > run independently and without favoring any specific third parties > > over others is important, to allow new contributors to feel > > comfortable both joining the community and contributing their work. > > A community that obviously favors one specific vendor in some > > exclusive way will often discourage new contributors from competing > > vendors, which is an issue for the long term health of the project. > > > > " > > > > > > I would suggest you rework this page to order the company using an > > alphabetical order, not mentionning the fact taht some committers > > belong to those companies. > > > > I'm not sure that grouping companies by country is the right thing > > to do, as some of them might provide support in many countries. One > > option would be to add the list of countries a company provides > > support in on the same line. > > > > A disclaimer at the top of the page may also be added, informing > > users that neither Apache nor the project endorse any company. You > > can have a look at other project's page : > > > > http://cxf.apache.org/commercial-cxf-offerings.html > > > > http://directory.apache.org/commercial-support.html > > > > > > Thanks ! > > > > Emmanuel Lécharny > > > > >
