Re: Apache proposal for NetBeans

Hello All,

I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think it's good for
the community and the product that the governance of the project does
not rely mostly on a single company (even more on the unpredictable
Oracle). But on the other hand, I'm afraid that, with time, NB follows
the steps of OpenOffice. The NB community is big and a lot of
companies have put serious money in NB-based projects, but it's clear
that without a big name behind, the project may lose significant
traction. I really hope this is not the case, but again, with Oracle,
you never know.

Kind regards,

On 9/13/16, geertjan wielenga <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A heads up -- we'd like to simplify and streamline the process of
> contributing and being part of the NetBeans ecosystem.
>
> The current NetBeans governance model is quite opaque and invisible and
> we think having our project be an Apache project, like Apache Maven and
> Apache Groovy, is a sensible direction to that end.
>
> Here's the proposal published over the past hour:
>
> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/NetBeansProposal
>
> Take note of the many initial committers, which includes James Gosling
> (father of Java), a range of developers from various organizations, as
> well as a big group from Oracle.
>
> There's a LOT that needs to be done, though the proposal makes the
> intentions clear.
>
> Onwards to exciting times,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Geertjan Wielenga
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