I know some people that are big fans of TestMaker and would love to see it at
Apache. The problem is that Testmaker does not fit our requirements for a
community. In the end it doesn't matter about the quality of the code, the
number of users, downloads etc unless you do have a viable community.
If you are not deterred by this then I would recomend tht you go over to
incubator.apache.org andsubmit it there where you can hopefully "grow" a
community in Apache style.
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 10:20, Frank Cohen wrote:
> I wanted to bring the Jakarta general list up to date on my progress with
> TestMaker. Here's how the project stands now:
>
> 1) The PushToTest web site that supports TestMaker is getting 110-160
> unique visitors a day. The traffic comes mostly from Google searches.
> Additional traffic comes from a variety of software development, QA and IT
> sites. Plus, I have 5 articles on Web Service development and scalability
> issues on IBM developerWorks that link to the PushToTest site.
>
> 2) TestMaker downloads average 100-300 per day. The difference from the Web
> site visitors is that TestMaker is listed on Freshmeat with a blind link to
> download the software. Registration for announcements is optional and so
> far 2165 people have registered. I send newsletters every 5-6 weeks.
>
> 3) Support email lists get 5-10 postings per week. I respond to 90% of them
> myself. Replies also come from contributors and committers.
>
> 4) TestMaker 3.1 was completed on November 12, 2003. The next version is
> 3.2 which should be up by the end of December and will feature
> SMTP/POP3/IMAP protocol handlers.
>
> 5) Coding on the .NET version of TestMaker began on November 2, 2002. The
> new software will feature a C# library of protocol handlers and primarily
> use VB.NET as its scripting language. I will author a series of articles
> and likely a book on testing .NET Web Services in support of the code.
> TestMaker .NET will be licensed under an Apache-style license as is the
> current TestMaker 3.1. We should be done in Spring, with beta in February.
>
> 6) I am earning consulting money being the "go-to" guy for enterprises
> needing to solve scalability problems in interoperating systems, especially
> Web Services. I'm putting food on my families' table by customizing
> TestMaker to meet enterprise customer needs. While this is still primarily
> a solo show, 6 people provided contributions to TestMaker 3.1 and 2 more
> are committers.
>
> I am still interested in donating TestMaker to Jakarta.
>
> -Frank
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