On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:20:24PM +0100, Alex McLintock wrote: > At 13:13 13/05/2002, Jeff Turner wrote: > >On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:54:48AM +0100, Alex McLintock wrote: > >> At 09:02 13/05/2002, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > >> >I would like to encourage information about commercial entities > >> >that support Apache software, but I really have no clue about how > >> >it should be done. > >> > >> I too am setting up an organisation in the UK to help support Apache and > >> other OSS software. > >> > >> I suggest that the first (and simplest) thing to do would be to > >> setup a top level apache mailing list where it is ok to advertise > >> oneself, one's company, or to advertise that you need support. > > > >I doubt a separate list would work. We've got an announcements@ list > >and everyone still cc's announcements to general@. > > > >Perhaps we should just adopt a simple subject line convention, [ADV] > >for adverts, to go with [ANN] for announcements. > > It isn't just about announcements - if it were then we would just use > the announcements mailing lists. It is really about having a place > where we can discuss these issues which are welcome no where else.
Ah right. "these issues" being, "commercial entities supporting Apache software", aka "How to make a buck off Jakarta". Cool :) I'd subscribe. The Open Source vs. Paid Work conflict sucks. Maybe start an egroups list, or even just collect a list of people to Cc. Mail weekly summaries to general@ to maintain interest. Then if it's still around in 1 month, ping infrastructure@ and beg :) --Jeff > Alex > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
