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Apache Comes With Too Much Community Overhead?

Posted by Zonk on from the many-hands-make-light-work dept.

drizzle writes "There's an interesting story on the Apache Marketing blog about whether or not Apache projects come with too much overhead, especially compared with other services or a roll-your-own approach. The article states, 'It's true that compared with SourceForge, Apache has a more rigorous management structure. The ASF has formalized processes and procedures that we believe represent best practices governance. All new projects must pass through an incubation period to ensure that all of the project's members have internalized these processes. However, each project's leadership has a tremendous amount of discretion in managing within this framework.' There is also a follow up article written by one of the httpd developers about 'What Apache brings to the table.' The article cites community, experience, legal framework, diversity, brand strength, and networking as reasons why developers and companies should consider bringing their projects over to Apache."

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  1. Tell me about it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just setup an Apache web server for use at home, and now I've got 4 Apache developers living in my basement. When they showed up, they said they were my Apache community overhead and I had to let them stay there. Oh, and I apparently have to feed them too!

    1. Re:Tell me about it by bhalter80 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Mine said food was optional but Bawls was not

    2. Re:Tell me about it by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's nothing, I installed Linux and now I've got a colony of penguins living in my freezer.

      I'm dreading the upgrade to BSD.

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      liqbase :: faster than paper
    3. Re:Tell me about it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Man, whoever marked this "over rated" is far too uptight. what a fag.

    4. Re:Tell me about it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      That chick has as much to do with BSD as the movie March of the Penguins was about Linux.

      Nice try though.

    5. Re:Tell me about it by emgeemg · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...and I couldn't care less. =)

    6. Re:Tell me about it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think I'd prefer a penguin beak ... and not much else.

  2. They must be doing something wrong by winkydink · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, it's not like they created one of the most popular open source apps of all time or anything like that.

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

    1. Re:They must be doing something wrong by greenpenguin · · Score: 1, Funny

      And not many webservers actually run it either, especially compared to Microsoft's server...

  3. Just wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...until they get thirsty and start asking for beer. And not just any mass-produced US supermarket swill beer will do either. These fellows will demand the $8/sixpack good stuff.