Re: IBM i GUI Frameworks

["Schmidt, Mihael" <Mihael.Schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If a sourceforge project becomes dormant has nothing to do with sourceforge itself. It only depends on the developers. Sourceforge gives you everything you need for a project.

And putting it under the Apache umbrella won't do you any good because I don't think that project would ever leave the incubation phase and thus will gain no more attention than on sourceforge. It all comes down to the developers.

Sourceforge ... keep in mind that most projects are done in the sparetime of the developers as opposed to Eclipse or Apache projects which are mostly supported/done directly or indirectly by companies.


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 9:25 AM
To: 'Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WEB400] IBM i GUI Frameworks

> Making a succesfull international Open Source Group isn't so easy that it
> sounds, it actually requires some sort of non-profit organisation and some
> sort of management and cannot be done by a "one man army", just try to visit

This is one of the things that Apache do very well.

If getting open source collaboration on a specific project is important, I would consider doing it under the Apache umbrella, as they have the necessary infrastructure, and a very good reputation and brand (as opposed to yet-another-sourceforge-project-soon-to-be-dormant). 

Just a thought

/Thorbjørn