Hola,
Martin, I agree with almost everything you've said, except this:

> But why? If I'm a user looking for something to help me out in my
> development, I don't really care that much if it's active or not. What I

I do care, a lot, as a user.  Active means bugs are getting fixed, the
mailing lists are a reasonable source for help, and if new standards
become relevant or new features are requested by numerous, there's a
good chance the product will evolve to comply with them.  As a user
who doesn't have Apache commit privilges and who doesn't want to fork
a product just to use it, activity versus dormancy is a HUGE factor in
choosing a product.

Yoav

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Yoav Shapira
Senior Architect
Nimalex LLC
1 Mifflin Place, Suite 310
Cambridge, MA, USA
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