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Posted to dev@tomee.apache.org by David Blevins <da...@gmail.com> on 2011/10/05 07:38:39 UTC
We did it!!!
Back at the computer for a moment and then... I think sleep (and up early to write slides).
Couldn't let launch day go by without saying ... HELL YEAH! WE DID IT!!!!!
We all should take a moment over the next few days to really just enjoy the victory. Things like this don't happen but a few times a lifetime. Don't take it for granted because you never know if or when it might happen again.
Whenever we have our get-together next year we're going to have to have a special celebration for this outstanding accomplishment. We have absolutely earned it. Few groups could pull off what we have done in spare hours here and there. Time taken away from wives and children and hobbies and friends. It's such a testament to the character of this community that we're able to work so closely and passionately with each other and all the while we all come from different jobs, time zones and different everything really. It's a treasure to be sure.
I know that everyone here cares so much they wish they could do more. It may surprise you to learn I feel like that pretty much all the time too. It just comes with working on something you love. When one is looking out so far ahead all the time and focusing on how far there is yet to go, it can be really easy to lose track of how far you've come and how many steps you've taken to get there.
Doing something like this is like a game of jenga. You may look at the few bricks you've added and wish you could have added more. You might think they barely amount to anything compared to the tall structure you see before you. But imagine the devastation that would become of that structure if everyone who felt that way removed their bricks.
That's how utterly important every contribution is. Appreciate the bricks you've added and the bricks others have added. We did this together and there is no one person who could have ever done it alone.
I sooo can't wait for our get-together cause we're going to have one biiiig party :)
Very excellent work everyone. Truly... outstanding.
-David
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Jonathan Gallimore <jo...@gmail.com>.
Absolutely fantastic!! Well done and big thanks to everyone, this is an
amazing achievement!
And I just also wanted to echo what others have said here - a big thank you
to you David, for the direction, guidance, help and ideas you've given us
and all the work you put in!
I'm looking forward to the party at the next meetup! :)
Cheers
Jon
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:38 AM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Back at the computer for a moment and then... I think sleep (and up early
> to write slides).
>
> Couldn't let launch day go by without saying ... HELL YEAH! WE DID
> IT!!!!!
>
> We all should take a moment over the next few days to really just enjoy the
> victory. Things like this don't happen but a few times a lifetime. Don't
> take it for granted because you never know if or when it might happen again.
>
> Whenever we have our get-together next year we're going to have to have a
> special celebration for this outstanding accomplishment. We have absolutely
> earned it. Few groups could pull off what we have done in spare hours here
> and there. Time taken away from wives and children and hobbies and friends.
> It's such a testament to the character of this community that we're able to
> work so closely and passionately with each other and all the while we all
> come from different jobs, time zones and different everything really. It's
> a treasure to be sure.
>
> I know that everyone here cares so much they wish they could do more. It
> may surprise you to learn I feel like that pretty much all the time too. It
> just comes with working on something you love. When one is looking out so
> far ahead all the time and focusing on how far there is yet to go, it can be
> really easy to lose track of how far you've come and how many steps you've
> taken to get there.
>
> Doing something like this is like a game of jenga. You may look at the few
> bricks you've added and wish you could have added more. You might think they
> barely amount to anything compared to the tall structure you see before you.
> But imagine the devastation that would become of that structure if everyone
> who felt that way removed their bricks.
>
> That's how utterly important every contribution is. Appreciate the bricks
> you've added and the bricks others have added. We did this together and
> there is no one person who could have ever done it alone.
>
> I sooo can't wait for our get-together cause we're going to have one biiiig
> party :)
>
>
> Very excellent work everyone. Truly... outstanding.
>
>
> -David
>
>
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Jean-Louis MONTEIRO <je...@gmail.com>.
Hi Mohammad,
Hope everything is going fine for you and your family.
Last time, we discuss together and we thought about US.
Not sure it will be there, but that's what we mention.
Jean-Louis
2011/10/6 Mohammad Nour El-Din <no...@gmail.com>
> Good job for all of you :)
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:38 AM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Back at the computer for a moment and then... I think sleep (and up early
> to write slides).
> >
> > Couldn't let launch day go by without saying ... HELL YEAH! WE DID
> IT!!!!!
> >
> > We all should take a moment over the next few days to really just enjoy
> the victory. Things like this don't happen but a few times a lifetime.
> Don't take it for granted because you never know if or when it might happen
> again.
> >
> > Whenever we have our get-together next year we're going to have to have a
> special celebration for this outstanding accomplishment. We have absolutely
> earned it. Few groups could pull off what we have done in spare hours here
> and there. Time taken away from wives and children and hobbies and friends.
> It's such a testament to the character of this community that we're able to
> work so closely and passionately with each other and all the while we all
> come from different jobs, time zones and different everything really. It's
> a treasure to be sure.
> >
> > I know that everyone here cares so much they wish they could do more. It
> may surprise you to learn I feel like that pretty much all the time too. It
> just comes with working on something you love. When one is looking out so
> far ahead all the time and focusing on how far there is yet to go, it can be
> really easy to lose track of how far you've come and how many steps you've
> taken to get there.
> >
> > Doing something like this is like a game of jenga. You may look at the
> few bricks you've added and wish you could have added more. You might think
> they barely amount to anything compared to the tall structure you see before
> you. But imagine the devastation that would become of that structure if
> everyone who felt that way removed their bricks.
> >
> > That's how utterly important every contribution is. Appreciate the
> bricks you've added and the bricks others have added. We did this together
> and there is no one person who could have ever done it alone.
> >
> > I sooo can't wait for our get-together cause we're going to have one
> biiiig party :)
>
> When and where it is going to be ?
>
> >
> >
> > Very excellent work everyone. Truly... outstanding.
> >
> >
> > -David
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks
> - Mohammad Nour
> ----
> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving"
> - Albert Einstein
>
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Mohammad Nour El-Din <no...@gmail.com>.
Good job for all of you :)
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:38 AM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Back at the computer for a moment and then... I think sleep (and up early to write slides).
>
> Couldn't let launch day go by without saying ... HELL YEAH! WE DID IT!!!!!
>
> We all should take a moment over the next few days to really just enjoy the victory. Things like this don't happen but a few times a lifetime. Don't take it for granted because you never know if or when it might happen again.
>
> Whenever we have our get-together next year we're going to have to have a special celebration for this outstanding accomplishment. We have absolutely earned it. Few groups could pull off what we have done in spare hours here and there. Time taken away from wives and children and hobbies and friends. It's such a testament to the character of this community that we're able to work so closely and passionately with each other and all the while we all come from different jobs, time zones and different everything really. It's a treasure to be sure.
>
> I know that everyone here cares so much they wish they could do more. It may surprise you to learn I feel like that pretty much all the time too. It just comes with working on something you love. When one is looking out so far ahead all the time and focusing on how far there is yet to go, it can be really easy to lose track of how far you've come and how many steps you've taken to get there.
>
> Doing something like this is like a game of jenga. You may look at the few bricks you've added and wish you could have added more. You might think they barely amount to anything compared to the tall structure you see before you. But imagine the devastation that would become of that structure if everyone who felt that way removed their bricks.
>
> That's how utterly important every contribution is. Appreciate the bricks you've added and the bricks others have added. We did this together and there is no one person who could have ever done it alone.
>
> I sooo can't wait for our get-together cause we're going to have one biiiig party :)
When and where it is going to be ?
>
>
> Very excellent work everyone. Truly... outstanding.
>
>
> -David
>
>
--
Thanks
- Mohammad Nour
----
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving"
- Albert Einstein
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Ranga S <sr...@yahoo.com>.
Sweet! Kudos to everyone for delivering an awesome product.
- Ranga
________________________________
From: Karan Malhi <ka...@gmail.com>
To: dev@openejb.apache.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: We did it!!!
Fantastic work!. Its a great opportunity to involve more folks into
the project.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO <je...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yesssss, we did it, all together!
>
> When we first started talking about TomEE and our wish to certify it, it was
> during our annual get-together.
> After only few month but a lot of hacking, we finally the specification
> coverage growing.
>
> Fully agree with Romain, Andy and may be everyone around: it wouldn't be
> possible without you David.
> That's true, Romain, Jon and everybody helped certifying TomEE, but without
> you, without your energy, your time driving us, your great ideas (setup on
> the cloud, ...).
>
> Well done everyone.
> Time to have a look for next steps ;-)
>
> Jean-Louis
>
>
>
> 2011/10/5 stratwine <to...@gmail.com>
>
>> Absolutely awesome ! I already am telling my friends, about this with so
>> much
>> excitement. Great work, guys !!!
>> Time to roar :)
>>
>> -Vishwa
>>
>> --
>> View this message in context:
>> http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/We-did-it-tp3873492p3873668.html
>> Sent from the OpenEJB Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>
--
Karan Singh Malhi
twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Karan Malhi <ka...@gmail.com>.
Fantastic work!. Its a great opportunity to involve more folks into
the project.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO <je...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yesssss, we did it, all together!
>
> When we first started talking about TomEE and our wish to certify it, it was
> during our annual get-together.
> After only few month but a lot of hacking, we finally the specification
> coverage growing.
>
> Fully agree with Romain, Andy and may be everyone around: it wouldn't be
> possible without you David.
> That's true, Romain, Jon and everybody helped certifying TomEE, but without
> you, without your energy, your time driving us, your great ideas (setup on
> the cloud, ...).
>
> Well done everyone.
> Time to have a look for next steps ;-)
>
> Jean-Louis
>
>
>
> 2011/10/5 stratwine <to...@gmail.com>
>
>> Absolutely awesome ! I already am telling my friends, about this with so
>> much
>> excitement. Great work, guys !!!
>> Time to roar :)
>>
>> -Vishwa
>>
>> --
>> View this message in context:
>> http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/We-did-it-tp3873492p3873668.html
>> Sent from the OpenEJB Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>
--
Karan Singh Malhi
twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Jean-Louis MONTEIRO <je...@gmail.com>.
Yesssss, we did it, all together!
When we first started talking about TomEE and our wish to certify it, it was
during our annual get-together.
After only few month but a lot of hacking, we finally the specification
coverage growing.
Fully agree with Romain, Andy and may be everyone around: it wouldn't be
possible without you David.
That's true, Romain, Jon and everybody helped certifying TomEE, but without
you, without your energy, your time driving us, your great ideas (setup on
the cloud, ...).
Well done everyone.
Time to have a look for next steps ;-)
Jean-Louis
2011/10/5 stratwine <to...@gmail.com>
> Absolutely awesome ! I already am telling my friends, about this with so
> much
> excitement. Great work, guys !!!
> Time to roar :)
>
> -Vishwa
>
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/We-did-it-tp3873492p3873668.html
> Sent from the OpenEJB Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by stratwine <to...@gmail.com>.
Absolutely awesome ! I already am telling my friends, about this with so much
excitement. Great work, guys !!!
Time to roar :)
-Vishwa
--
View this message in context: http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/We-did-it-tp3873492p3873668.html
Sent from the OpenEJB Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by dsh <da...@googlemail.com>.
So concerning the book I am open to work on a book proposal with
everybody who wants to join. Ideally I would target O'Reilly... the
good thing is that we already have the animal right... we just would
have to make it O'Reilly compliant and thus have the various scary
colours and gradients removed :)
Did a book for IBM Press in the past but I suspect they aren't an
ideal candidate.
Cheers
Daniel
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Karan Malhi <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wasn't it that we've had all the pieces for ages, but what we truly
>> missed was good marketing? I think a book, a couple of articles and
>> conference speeches would bring more curious eyes to the project
> Jacek, I am glad you bought it up.
>
> Blogging:- Definitely blogging makes a big difference. I have already
> been asked by a couple of folks about TomEE. I am going to blog about
> this , the coming weekend. Okay now I said it, now I will have to do
> it :). I am planning to write a single paragraph, if I can do more,
> that would be cool.
>
> Conference speeches:- David is doing a tremendous job with conference
> speeches @ JavaOne. My big regret is not being able to attend even a
> single one of them, even though I am so close.
> On a side not, he spent the whole afternoon with me even (and treated
> me to lunch) though he had a packed schedule. Not sure how he does it,
> but it reiterated my belief that he cared a lot about the project and
> cares equally for the people involved in it, no matter how big or
> small the contribution is.
>
> Articles:- I will be writing an article pretty soon. I said it again,
> will have to write one now:). Would be nice to see a couple more.
>
> Tweeting:- Fantastic work with the tweets. Every time I would open
> twitter, would see a tweet or two about TomEE. We need to continue
> this in the coming months.
>
> Website:- We probably need a different color for TomEE. Maybe a
> different layout all together. Simplicity should be the key.
>
> Docs:- Of course, the most successful projects have had the best of
> docs. That was one of their biggest marketing tool. To me it says "If
> you care about the users, you will have good docs" . Gonna jump in
> this , but on a smaller scale.
>
> User questions:- We are doing a great job here with prompt responses.
> I am guilty of not being active here. Would like to be more active.
> Kudos to the folks who participate and respond to user questions.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Karan Singh Malhi
> twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi
>
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Karan Malhi <ka...@gmail.com>.
> Wasn't it that we've had all the pieces for ages, but what we truly
> missed was good marketing? I think a book, a couple of articles and
> conference speeches would bring more curious eyes to the project
Jacek, I am glad you bought it up.
Blogging:- Definitely blogging makes a big difference. I have already
been asked by a couple of folks about TomEE. I am going to blog about
this , the coming weekend. Okay now I said it, now I will have to do
it :). I am planning to write a single paragraph, if I can do more,
that would be cool.
Conference speeches:- David is doing a tremendous job with conference
speeches @ JavaOne. My big regret is not being able to attend even a
single one of them, even though I am so close.
On a side not, he spent the whole afternoon with me even (and treated
me to lunch) though he had a packed schedule. Not sure how he does it,
but it reiterated my belief that he cared a lot about the project and
cares equally for the people involved in it, no matter how big or
small the contribution is.
Articles:- I will be writing an article pretty soon. I said it again,
will have to write one now:). Would be nice to see a couple more.
Tweeting:- Fantastic work with the tweets. Every time I would open
twitter, would see a tweet or two about TomEE. We need to continue
this in the coming months.
Website:- We probably need a different color for TomEE. Maybe a
different layout all together. Simplicity should be the key.
Docs:- Of course, the most successful projects have had the best of
docs. That was one of their biggest marketing tool. To me it says "If
you care about the users, you will have good docs" . Gonna jump in
this , but on a smaller scale.
User questions:- We are doing a great job here with prompt responses.
I am guilty of not being active here. Would like to be more active.
Kudos to the folks who participate and respond to user questions.
--
Karan Singh Malhi
twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Matthias Wessendorf <ma...@apache.org>.
Gang!
you guys did an outstanding job! Congratulations!
I hope for a bright future of TomEE container!
(I know it will have it)
Again, great job guys!
-M
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau
<rm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i think it is before JEE 6 it was the only one to be able to do it with a
> good quality so since you are able to do something you only can do it (it is
> often like it :()
>
> - Romain
>
> 2011/10/6 dsh <da...@googlemail.com>
>
>> Actually I hear that quite often that OEJB is just for unit testing...
>> no idea why...
>>
>> Cheers
>> Daniel
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Jacek Laskowski <ja...@japila.pl> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:38 PM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> The talk is tomorrow at 11am. Slides done, just trying to get some
>> slightly more interesting demo code working.
>> >
>> > Oh, is it? I read about openejb and tomee on Cay Horstmann's blog in
>> > JavaOne 2011 Day 3 [1]:
>> >
>> > "In the afternoon, I saw a presentation of OpenEJB, Apache's EJB
>> > server whose claim to fame is that you can start it up via public
>> > static void main. That's really useful for unit testing. I had looked
>> > at it three years ago when it wasn't quite ready for prime time, but
>> > now it looked pretty nice. Check it out for testing your session and
>> > entity beans."
>> >
>> > Doh, it wasn't really about tomee :)
>> >
>> > [1]
>> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2011/10/05/javaone-2011-day-3
>> >
>> > Jacek
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jacek Laskowski
>> > Java EE, functional languages and IBM WebSphere - http://blog.japila.pl
>> > Warszawa JUG conference = Confitura (formerly Javarsovia) ::
>> http://confitura.pl
>> > "Hoping to save time by spending it" by David Blevins (Apache OpenEJB)
>> >
>>
>
--
Matthias Wessendorf
blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Romain Manni-Bucau <rm...@gmail.com>.
i think it is before JEE 6 it was the only one to be able to do it with a
good quality so since you are able to do something you only can do it (it is
often like it :()
- Romain
2011/10/6 dsh <da...@googlemail.com>
> Actually I hear that quite often that OEJB is just for unit testing...
> no idea why...
>
> Cheers
> Daniel
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Jacek Laskowski <ja...@japila.pl> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:38 PM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The talk is tomorrow at 11am. Slides done, just trying to get some
> slightly more interesting demo code working.
> >
> > Oh, is it? I read about openejb and tomee on Cay Horstmann's blog in
> > JavaOne 2011 Day 3 [1]:
> >
> > "In the afternoon, I saw a presentation of OpenEJB, Apache's EJB
> > server whose claim to fame is that you can start it up via public
> > static void main. That's really useful for unit testing. I had looked
> > at it three years ago when it wasn't quite ready for prime time, but
> > now it looked pretty nice. Check it out for testing your session and
> > entity beans."
> >
> > Doh, it wasn't really about tomee :)
> >
> > [1]
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2011/10/05/javaone-2011-day-3
> >
> > Jacek
> >
> > --
> > Jacek Laskowski
> > Java EE, functional languages and IBM WebSphere - http://blog.japila.pl
> > Warszawa JUG conference = Confitura (formerly Javarsovia) ::
> http://confitura.pl
> > "Hoping to save time by spending it" by David Blevins (Apache OpenEJB)
> >
>
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by dsh <da...@googlemail.com>.
Actually I hear that quite often that OEJB is just for unit testing...
no idea why...
Cheers
Daniel
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Jacek Laskowski <ja...@japila.pl> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:38 PM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The talk is tomorrow at 11am. Slides done, just trying to get some slightly more interesting demo code working.
>
> Oh, is it? I read about openejb and tomee on Cay Horstmann's blog in
> JavaOne 2011 Day 3 [1]:
>
> "In the afternoon, I saw a presentation of OpenEJB, Apache's EJB
> server whose claim to fame is that you can start it up via public
> static void main. That's really useful for unit testing. I had looked
> at it three years ago when it wasn't quite ready for prime time, but
> now it looked pretty nice. Check it out for testing your session and
> entity beans."
>
> Doh, it wasn't really about tomee :)
>
> [1] http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2011/10/05/javaone-2011-day-3
>
> Jacek
>
> --
> Jacek Laskowski
> Java EE, functional languages and IBM WebSphere - http://blog.japila.pl
> Warszawa JUG conference = Confitura (formerly Javarsovia) :: http://confitura.pl
> "Hoping to save time by spending it" by David Blevins (Apache OpenEJB)
>
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Jacek Laskowski <ja...@japila.pl>.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:38 PM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The talk is tomorrow at 11am. Slides done, just trying to get some slightly more interesting demo code working.
Oh, is it? I read about openejb and tomee on Cay Horstmann's blog in
JavaOne 2011 Day 3 [1]:
"In the afternoon, I saw a presentation of OpenEJB, Apache's EJB
server whose claim to fame is that you can start it up via public
static void main. That's really useful for unit testing. I had looked
at it three years ago when it wasn't quite ready for prime time, but
now it looked pretty nice. Check it out for testing your session and
entity beans."
Doh, it wasn't really about tomee :)
[1] http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cayhorstmann/archive/2011/10/05/javaone-2011-day-3
Jacek
--
Jacek Laskowski
Java EE, functional languages and IBM WebSphere - http://blog.japila.pl
Warszawa JUG conference = Confitura (formerly Javarsovia) :: http://confitura.pl
"Hoping to save time by spending it" by David Blevins (Apache OpenEJB)
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by David Blevins <da...@gmail.com>.
On Oct 6, 2011, at 2:50 AM, Jacek Laskowski wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:38 AM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know that everyone here cares so much they wish they could do more. It may surprise you to learn I feel like that pretty much all the time too. It just comes with working on something you love. When one is looking out so far ahead all the time and focusing on how far there is yet to go, it can be really easy to lose track of how far you've come and how many steps you've taken to get there.
>>
>> Doing something like this is like a game of jenga. You may look at the few bricks you've added and wish you could have added more. You might think they barely amount to anything compared to the tall structure you see before you. But imagine the devastation that would become of that structure if everyone who felt that way removed their bricks.
>>
>> That's how utterly important every contribution is. Appreciate the bricks you've added and the bricks others have added. We did this together and there is no one person who could have ever done it alone.
>
> Hi Dave et al,
>
> It was truly inspiring and as always highly energetic. Kudos for your
> guidance and keeping the project up and healthy. I enjoyed very much
> following the team's progress in this certification achievement.
>
> Wasn't it that we've had all the pieces for ages, but what we truly
> missed was good marketing? I think a book, a couple of articles and
> conference speeches would bring more curious eyes to the project and
> that's how I read your words: "really just enjoy the victory".
>
> p.s. I read in a blog entry about your presentation about TomEE. Would
> you share how it went and where you'd improve it? In two weeks I'm
> going to present TomEE during warsjawa [1] and wish I could do it well
> for the victory.
:)
The talk is tomorrow at 11am. Slides done, just trying to get some slightly more interesting demo code working.
Will let you know how it goes and post slides (all of them from the week).
After this I hear there's this great little Bed and Breakfast run by 7 dwarves where one can get some good rest.
-David
>
> [1] http://warsjawa.pl
>
> Jacek
>
> --
> Jacek Laskowski
> Java EE, functional languages and IBM WebSphere - http://blog.japila.pl
> Warszawa JUG conference = Confitura (formerly Javarsovia) :: http://confitura.pl
> "Hoping to save time by spending it" by David Blevins (Apache OpenEJB)
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Jacek Laskowski <ja...@japila.pl>.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:38 AM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know that everyone here cares so much they wish they could do more. It may surprise you to learn I feel like that pretty much all the time too. It just comes with working on something you love. When one is looking out so far ahead all the time and focusing on how far there is yet to go, it can be really easy to lose track of how far you've come and how many steps you've taken to get there.
>
> Doing something like this is like a game of jenga. You may look at the few bricks you've added and wish you could have added more. You might think they barely amount to anything compared to the tall structure you see before you. But imagine the devastation that would become of that structure if everyone who felt that way removed their bricks.
>
> That's how utterly important every contribution is. Appreciate the bricks you've added and the bricks others have added. We did this together and there is no one person who could have ever done it alone.
Hi Dave et al,
It was truly inspiring and as always highly energetic. Kudos for your
guidance and keeping the project up and healthy. I enjoyed very much
following the team's progress in this certification achievement.
Wasn't it that we've had all the pieces for ages, but what we truly
missed was good marketing? I think a book, a couple of articles and
conference speeches would bring more curious eyes to the project and
that's how I read your words: "really just enjoy the victory".
p.s. I read in a blog entry about your presentation about TomEE. Would
you share how it went and where you'd improve it? In two weeks I'm
going to present TomEE during warsjawa [1] and wish I could do it well
for the victory.
[1] http://warsjawa.pl
Jacek
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Jacek Laskowski
Java EE, functional languages and IBM WebSphere - http://blog.japila.pl
Warszawa JUG conference = Confitura (formerly Javarsovia) :: http://confitura.pl
"Hoping to save time by spending it" by David Blevins (Apache OpenEJB)
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by Romain Manni-Bucau <rm...@gmail.com>.
+1
And thanks David to have driven us (and me particularly ;)).
- Romain
Le 5 oct. 2011 07:39, "David Blevins" <da...@gmail.com> a écrit :
> Back at the computer for a moment and then... I think sleep (and up early
to write slides).
>
> Couldn't let launch day go by without saying ... HELL YEAH! WE DID IT!!!!!
>
> We all should take a moment over the next few days to really just enjoy
the victory. Things like this don't happen but a few times a lifetime. Don't
take it for granted because you never know if or when it might happen again.
>
> Whenever we have our get-together next year we're going to have to have a
special celebration for this outstanding accomplishment. We have absolutely
earned it. Few groups could pull off what we have done in spare hours here
and there. Time taken away from wives and children and hobbies and friends.
It's such a testament to the character of this community that we're able to
work so closely and passionately with each other and all the while we all
come from different jobs, time zones and different everything really. It's a
treasure to be sure.
>
> I know that everyone here cares so much they wish they could do more. It
may surprise you to learn I feel like that pretty much all the time too. It
just comes with working on something you love. When one is looking out so
far ahead all the time and focusing on how far there is yet to go, it can be
really easy to lose track of how far you've come and how many steps you've
taken to get there.
>
> Doing something like this is like a game of jenga. You may look at the few
bricks you've added and wish you could have added more. You might think they
barely amount to anything compared to the tall structure you see before you.
But imagine the devastation that would become of that structure if everyone
who felt that way removed their bricks.
>
> That's how utterly important every contribution is. Appreciate the bricks
you've added and the bricks others have added. We did this together and
there is no one person who could have ever done it alone.
>
> I sooo can't wait for our get-together cause we're going to have one
biiiig party :)
>
>
> Very excellent work everyone. Truly... outstanding.
>
>
> -David
>
Re: We did it!!!
Posted by AndyG <an...@orprovision.com>.
You did it David. Without your co-ordination and control I doubt the ball
would have been rolling quite as much.
I wish I could have more time to focus on this truly great project, and can
only hope that the limited input and fixes I have been able to apply have
helped you along the way.
A big thank you to you and your team.
Best regards,
Andy.
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