Fwd: Thank you for not supporting me in any way

[David Blevins <da...@visi.com>]

Just in case you missed it.

-David

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> Resent-From: <db...@visi.com>
> From: David Blevins <da...@visi.com>
> Date: February 12, 2009 3:29:37 PM PST
> To: Alberto López <at...@hotmail.com>
> Cc: users@openejb.apache.org
> Subject: Fwd: Thank you for not supporting me in any way
> Reply-To: users@openejb.apache.org
>
> Alberto,
>
> Lo siento por todo.  The quality and speed of responsiveness on the  
> users list is something that has been a strength in the project, but  
> the user base has grown considerably since our 3.1 release and it is  
> leading to slower response times.  To survive this growth we are  
> going to need some of these new users to turn into developers and  
> committers and contributors.
>
> Apache projects are true community run projects for the good and  
> bad.  The good is that the doors to the project are truly open, not  
> restricted to people of any specific company, and anyone can come in  
> and contribute.  This includes you and any other members of the  
> community.  OpenEJB has no owner other than Apache whose only  
> concern is ensuring that the users of the software have the access  
> they need to support themselves, add the features they need, can  
> benefit in others doing the same and ultimately to legally protect  
> that vision and those that share in it.  Apache is not an  
> organization like JBoss or Glassfish where the code is owned by a  
> for-profit company who retains the right to make all decisions, has  
> a staff of salaried developers and a dedicated support team.
>
> What we do have is a small community of individuals who believe in  
> the project, view themselves not as owners but as custodians, and  
> want nothing more than to see the project thrive and to share it  
> with others who feel the same.  As one of the more core people on  
> the project, I feel a heightened responsibility for the project's  
> success, but ultimately it is everyone's responsibility as it should  
> be.
>
> I truly hope you that you re-evaluate OpenEJB based on it's ability  
> or potential to serve your needs and to view the community of people  
> around it not as people who are trying to sell you something or owe  
> you anything, but as peers where we are all responsible for helping  
> each other as the equal owners of the project.
>
> As a new, or potentially new, member of the community you're going  
> to be only on the receiving side initially, but I will do everything  
> I can as I'm sure others will, to reach a hand down and pull you in  
> should you decide you want to be a part of this small but growing  
> community.
>
> We are truly in this together.
>
>
> Con mucho respeto y sinceridad,
>
> David
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> Resent-From: <db...@visi.com>
>> From: Alberto López <at...@hotmail.com>
>> Date: February 12, 2009 4:08:00 AM PST
>> To: users@openejb.apache.org
>> Subject: Thank you for not supporting me in any way
>> Reply-To: users@openejb.apache.org
>>
>>
>> we were seriously considering adopting OpenEJB (we are a spanish  
>> government
>> agency) because we liked the concept, but this complete lack of  
>> feedback has
>> made our minds clear.
>>
>> Cheers.
>> -- 
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