On 8/19/07, Bernd Fondermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you mean, by attracting people to a Google blog (the stand-alone > blog, not the content syndicated into the project's home page), which is > accompanied by Google ads, we are in fact generating revenue for the > ASF? ;-)
There are *No* ads. > > For the sake of independence and self-governance (or whatever is the > appropriate english term here) the ASF should try to be as self-hosting > as possible. The cost of that is that we have to find enough people with both skills and time available to provide a service of a quality which matches our global reach and reputation. > > We should avoid anything supporting the stupid "Apache is owned by [put > company name here]" acusations. Agreed, but I fail to see how using a free blogging service for our news items, and it could be *any* free blog service, would add much weight to that argument. d. > > Bernd > > >
