Category Archives: Community

Winter holiday ASF news roundup

18th
Jan. × ’10

There have been a number of exciting updates at and around the ASF over the winter holidays – which I enjoyed quite well with a long spell offline. No more; here are some of the key Apache news from the past month.

Welcome Facebook as a Gold sponsor of the ASF! We all thank [...]

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Congratulations to the new Board!

9th
Jul. × ’09

The ASF just concluded it’s annual member’s meeting, where we elected a new board of directors. Before I list them here, I want to say what gets said at every member’s meeting when we elect a new board:
THANK YOU! To the hard work and dedication from all the past board members, and our executive [...]

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Graphical overview of Sun’s JSPA violations

28th
Mar. × ’09

Stephen Colebourne has done an amazing job in explaining Sun’s violations of the JSPA and why it’s important to the ASF and open software. This is a must read for anyone interested in the issue of shipping open or free Java software.
There’s a lot of commentary – both pro and con – over the [...]

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0×04 days until ApacheCon: Read this! All the feeds about Apache & ApacheCon

19th
Mar. × ’09

There are a wide variety of content sources for the ASF and ApacheCon, including a number of official ones (i.e. from moderated sources or from specific PMCs or ASF officers) as well as a stunning array of unofficial ones (from members, committers, and others associated with the ASF).
Note that the many projects, Incubator Podlings, and [...]

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Typography Test

21st
Feb. × ’09

This is a sample post for testing typography.  Yes, I’m vain; I take forever to pick a theme.
Primary Heading

Ordered lists
I tend to over-use them; I should really work on editing structure more
Three is a good number

And now for something different
O Fortuna, velut Luna statu variabilis, semper crescis aut decrescis; vita detestabilis nunc obdurat et tunc [...]

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