On 5/3/02 6:37 AM, "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> In the end I think it would be best move for OJB group (much better awareness >> and promotion and in the end development) however it comes down to whether >> they want to do it and if there is enough Apache volunteers to get it going. > > Yes - I agree. It should be totally up to them - like I said, if they > don't want to do that and just be jakarta, that's fine. I support that > 100%. > > I just thought it was an interesting thing to try to push forward. I would > bet that inertia being what it is, once the choice is made, that will be it. > It's easier in the beginning... > > I have no idea why they want to move here, but to me, being the 'marquee' > project in a new Apache subproject has incredible upside for a project > trying to establish 'mindshare' in what seems to be a confusing vertical. > No doubt, being part of Jakarta is too. But I would bet that in the > industry "Apache creates new subproject" is going to get a lot more > attention than "XXX joins Jakarta". > > And having other useful things surrounding it makes it even more of a win.
I just reread this, and want to apologize to the Jakarta community as a whole for the amount of "business blather" that seems to be peppering my speech lately. I know I used 'leverage' yesterday (or was it 'synergy'? 'synergy', I think...) and I apologize for that too... :) geir -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
