LSD::RELOAD -- Leo Simons' old weblogLeo Simons' old weblog. The new one is at www.leosimons.com. Mostly about java / open source / apache.The Unofficial ASF Summary- July 17, 2005 Another e-mail that's worth a blog post :-) The Unofficial ASF Summary Inspired by the even briefer Codehaus Manifesto The below is a "non-normative" summary. The normative information is spread across documents such as the ASF bylaws, the www.apache.org front page, the www.apache.orgfoundation website and the incubator.apache.org website. Basics The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is a non-profit organisation. The ASF has the goal of developing and distributing open source software,..http://www.jroller.com/lsd/entry/the_unofficial_asf_summary Why we say "no" to your ideas- July 17, 2005 The below is an e-mail I wrote a while ago to the infrastructure mailing list at apache. It is meant to be funny. Don't take it too seriously. For the record (before we turn this in a mudslinging effort ;-)), moin is far from perfect, particularly in terms of maintainance, but it really is one of the better wikis out there, and it has a great crew supporting it on moin :-) Recently someone suggested elsewhere we might want to run our own IRC daemon on an ASF machine. Someone from the infra..http://www.jroller.com/lsd/entry/why_we_say_no_to Plans for next few weeks- July 12, 2005 Following the example set by Paul, Rich and Stefan, here's my itinerary for the coming period: this thursday - get on the train from Enschede, NLD (where I live) to Dieren, NLD, where my dad picks me up to drive to Kervenheim, GER, where my parents live. friday - drive from Kervenheim, GER to Stuttgart, GER. Check in. Take a stroll around Stuttgart (map). saturday and sunday - infra-thon. Following hot on the heals of the previous apache infrastructure get-together, we're getting back...http://www.jroller.com/lsd/entry/plans_for_next_few_weeks |