Well, we could get creative and call it "Secured By". Shiro is a security framework after all.
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Craig L Russell <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Les, > > > On Nov 17, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Les Hazlewood wrote: > > Sounds good to me - something showing prospective users that there is >> growing community only helps adoption, which in turn continues to >> benefit the community. >> >> But should it be called 'powered by'? That might sound like things >> that are used within Shiro instead of the other way around (i.e. >> 'Shiro is powered by ..."). Maybe calling it 'Adoption' or something >> similar would be better? But in the end, I don't really have a >> preference one way or the other :) >> > > Traditionally (in my experience), a product A that uses a product B is > represented by a page in product B's site that lists product A as "powered > by" product B. > > Take a look: http://openjpa.apache.org/powered-by.html > > And if product A wants to advertise that relationship, it is via a "powered > by" logo, i.e. : http://kinz.org/ > > Craig > > >> Les >> >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Alex Salazar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I think it would be valuable for Shiro's credibility in the eyes of >>> potential new users to have a "powered by" page similar to Hadoop. >>> >>> Does anyone have an issue with creating such a page? >>> >>> Here's what I propose specifically: >>> >>> 1. On Shiro's front page: >>> >>> *Are you using Shiro?* >>> Please consider adding yourself to the PoweredBy wiki page. By letting >>> others know that you are using Shiro, you help expand the community and >>> in >>> turn improve Shiro. Win/Win! >>> >>> 2. Creation of a "powered by" wiki page for users to self report. >>> >>> 3. Once we have enough people self reports then we'd change the front >>> page >>> to like: >>> Who Uses Shiro? >>> >>> A wide variety of companies and organizations use Shiro for both internal >>> and external applications. Users are encouraged to add themselves to the >>> Shiro PoweredBy <http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/PoweredBy> wiki page. >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> >>> Alex >>> >> > Craig L Russell > Architect, Oracle > http://db.apache.org/jdo > 408 276-5638 mailto:[email protected] > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! > >
