I, Sal Bass, nominate myself for iBATIS.NET committer. Are we allowed to use Pseudonyms? :-)
________________________________ > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:23:51 -0600 > Subject: [NOMINATION/VOTE] New iBATIS.NET Committer Team Members > From: clinton.be...@gmail.com > To: user-cs@ibatis.apache.org > CC: priv...@ibatis.apache.org > > The iBATIS.NET community is currently seeking new committers to continue the > maintenance, development and innovation behind the future of iBATIS.NET > > I personally believe that iBATIS.NET can have a very bright future in the > .NET community, perhaps even bigger and better than its Java counterpart. > > > Why? > > * There is less competition in the space, and of what's there, only > NHibernate is really relevant > * iBATIS is complimentary, not directly competitive to NHibernate, so there's > space for both in the .NET stack > > * Nothing Microsoft offers is similar or competitive to iBATIS.NET. LINQ to > SQL was deprecated (IIRC), the Entity Framework is more competitive to > NHibernate than iBATIS > * Stored procedures are more common in Microsoft architectures, and iBATIS > has always supported procs better than any other framework > > * C# is a more powerful and expressive language than Java, that creates a lot > of opportunity to do great things with iBATIS.NET > * C# features such as LINQ, Lambdas, Attributes and Anonymous types (to name > a few) create a lot of opportunity for innovation > > > To let iBATIS.NET fall would be a shame. The community has spoken, and they > want a team to carry it forward. > > I myself would do it, if I was not already swamped with the Java version. > Indeed, I envy the team that gets to build the next generation of iBATIS.NET. > > > *** INSTRUCTIONS *** > > 1. Please nominate yourself in response to this thread, using the following > format: > > I nominate myself for iBATIS.NET committer. > > 2. Please respond to nominations with your vote, using the following format: > > > +1 for for iBATIS.NET Committer > > 3. I will tally the votes and submit the new committers to the PMC and assign > commit privileges. > > Minimum of 3 votes per committer are required. > > > We may decide to arbitrarily limit the number of new committers so it doesn't > become a gong show. We may also require a second round of voting if it does > turn into a gong show. :-) > > *** NOMINEES *** > > > * As a nominee, be sure to vote for your fellow nominees! > * There will be more than one committer, and no leader specified. > * A leader will emerge through the meritocracy. > * Over time, the leadership and perhaps all of the committers who make a > difference will be added to the iBATIS PMC. > > > *** Be honest with yourself and others. Expect to spend 6 - 12 hours a week > on iBATIS.NET to work toward a new release! *** > *** But if you're good enough to be a committer, you should be able to do it > while watching Battlestar Galactica! *** > > *** We're a pretty fun team that's light in process, but high in principle. > *** > > To expedite the process, fill out an ICLA form and submit it, following the > instructions included on the form: > > * http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf > > > Let the voting begin! > > Clinton Begin > Apache iBATIS Chair, Committer and Creator > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009
