On 8/30/06, Ken Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the point is that OSFlash represents many various projects > whereas apache is just 1. Having a overseer to your project would not > be what most managing projects on the list would want IMHO. But then > again I am not one of them :)
The Apache Foundation has tons of projects in addition to the more famous http web server,: Ant, Tomcat, Junit, Cactus, MINA, Struts, Axis, etc... The list goes on and on. > > It would be more advantageous for the individual projects to continue to > manage themselves than to try to get them all to conform to the same set > of values dictated by a single entity. This is just one pitfall of this > type of hierarchy, unless you allow the leader of each project to sit on > a OSFlash board of trustees, which seems kind of ridiculous to me. > This is how the Apache Foundation is setup. Take a look at this link for more information: http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html I don't think it's a bad model, but it may not make sense for us at this point. > hank williams wrote: > > How does apache handle this? They must have finances and they are > > definitely centralized, and they have been enormously successful. > > > > Hank > > > > On 8/30/06, Aral Balkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> > >>> That's a gat idea but, who determine which projects get the money? > >>> I mean, we knows that a IDE is necesary, but if we only have money > >>> to one project, woule we spend it on ASDT? or maybe HXDT? > >>> If we get some more money (to spend over various os-projects), > >>> which projects get it? That could be a war... > >>> > >> I agree. It is much better to keep things as decentralized as > >> possible. Let each project handle its own finances (if any). > >> > >> Aral > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> osflash mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
