Nothing spurs success like success, nothing spurs adoption like adoption. One of the great hurdles Tapestry faces is not technological, it is social.
Most people reading this list already know that Tapestry is a terrific technology for building all kinds of web applications. However, for the rest of the world, its easy to lose sight of Tapestry in the maze of options; in the web framework arena, across different platforms, there are hundreds of options to choose from! Even in the Java space there are 50 or more competitors. Struts, JSF, WebWork, Spring MVC, Echo2 and RIFE all come to mind. Perhaps the most frequently asked question I get is: How many sites are running Tapestry? The answer is: I have no idea! We don't sell software licenses, we don't even have a good way to track the number of downloads. Adoption can be somewhat estimated by the ever increasing flow of discussions here, and the level of discourse on Tapestry elsewhere. To start addressing this I've set up a new page on the Wiki: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-tapestry/PoweredByTapestry I encourage ALL Tapestry users who have deployed sites using Tapestry to add a short entry to this page. This is one aspect of marketing Tapestry and its an important one. Remember that using Tapestry means being a member of the larger Tapestry community. You don't owe us money, but you do have an obligation to give back to the community, from enlightened self interest if nothing else. If you enjoy using Tapestry, and dread having to switch to something else, then you owe it to yourself, and the community, to do your part in marketing Tapestry to the world and keeping it a success and viable option for future work for everyone! -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Independent J2EE / Open-Source Java Consultant Creator, Jakarta Tapestry Creator, Jakarta HiveMind Professional Tapestry training, mentoring, support and project work. http://howardlewisship.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
