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What a month! What a week! The collective Apache Community has great cause to celebrate. Bring out the cake: – The Apache® Software Foundation Celebrates 20 Years of Community-led Development "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/ASF20thAnniversary – Our Founders look back on 20 Years of the ASF! https://s.apache.org/ASF20th-Founders – 20 Years of Open Source Innovation, The Apache Way […]
At The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Members’ Meeting held this week, the following individuals were elected to the ASF Board of Directors: – Rich Bowen – Shane Curcuru – Jim Jagielski – Myrle Krantz – Daniel Ruggeri – Craig Russell – Roman Shaposhnik – Phil Steitz – Joan Touzet The ASF thanks Bertrand Delacretaz, Isabel Drost-Fromm, Ted Dunning, Brett Porter, and Mark Thomas, […]
[click for "ASF at 20" promo https://s.apache.org/ASF20%5D World’s largest Open Source foundation provides $20B+ worth of software for the public good at 100% no cost; Apache software used in every Internet-connected country on the planet. Wakefield, MA —26 March 2019— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 […]
by Jim Jagielski and Sally Khudairi As the world’s largest and one of the most influential Open Source foundations, The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is home to more than 350 community-led projects and initiatives. The ASF’s 731 individual Members and more than 7,000 Committers are global, diverse, and often embodies a case of collective humility. […]
We recently connected with eight of the original 21 Founders of The Apache Software Foundation to take a look back at 20 years of the ASF. Joining us are Sameer Parekh Brenn, Mark Cox, Lars Eilebrecht, Jim Jagielski, Aram Mirzadeh, Bill Stoddard, Randy Terbush, and Dirk-Willem van Gulik, who were generous enough to take a […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: I came across the author’s original post, "An Introduction to Apache Software — What you need to know", dated 3 February 2017, and was interested in finding away to share with the greater Apache community. The author’s enthusiasm was palpable, and earnestly intended to help educate others. With the ASF celebrating its 20th […]
Happy Friday –we hope you’ve had a productive week! Here’s what we’ve achieved across the collective Apache Community: The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success –The Apache Way of community-driven development continues to gain momentum despite the compounding challenges of building software in the greater Open Source ecosystem. https://s.apache.org/GhnI Sponsor Case Study –insight from our Sponsors, […]
Powerful Open Source Customer Data Platform in use at Al-Monitor, Altola, Jahia, and Yupiik, among others. Wakefield, MA —21 March 2019— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache® Unomi™ as a Top-Level Project (TLP). Apache Unomi is a standards-based, […]
Popular Open Source Command Line Interface tool that simplifies Apache CloudStack configuration and management now faster and easier to use. Wakefield, MA —20 March 2019— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache® CloudStack® CloudMonkey v6.0, the latest version of […]
by Von Gosling, member of the Apache RocketMQ Project Management Committee Last year, I wrote a blog about how communities from a non-English-speaking country understand and use Apache way for open innovation. In that article, I mainly expressed the desire to be open as a developer, to be good at using mailing lists, listening to […]
As Open Source software continues to grow in importance, it seems appropriate to reflect upon the ongoing success of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) as it approaches its 20th anniversary. The Apache Way of community-driven development continues to gain momentum despite the compounding challenges of building software in the greater Open Source ecosystem. This approach, […]
with Robert van der Meulen, Global Product Strategy Lead at Leaseweb Robert is Global Product Strategy Lead at Leaseweb. Fascinated by technology, Robert studied computer sciences, and after his studies, he delved into the then relatively young and rapidly developing internet technology. He soon understood that the internet would be at the center of almost […]
Mid-month: punch the clock! Here’s hoping you had a great week –the Apache Community certainly has: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 20 March. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ApacheCon™ –the ASF’s official global conference series, now in its 21st […]
Happy Friday! We hope you have had a great week. Let’s review the Apache Community’s achievements: Success at Apache –the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works". – Success at Apache: Growing with the ASF by Phil Steitz https://s.apache.org/NoXH ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs […]
by Phil Steitz I got involved at the ASF in 2002, back in the wild and wooly Apache Jakarta days. In my day job, I was responsible for the team introducing Java technology at a large financial services company. One of the first things we built was an MVC (model-view-controller) framework for Web applications. We […]
Wakefield, MA —4 March 2019— ApacheCon, the official conference series of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), announced today the Apache Roadshow/DC, held in partnership with George Mason University (GMU). WHO The Apache Software Foundation is the world’s largest Open Source foundation. The all-volunteer ASF develops, stewards, and incubates more than 350 enterprise-grade projects that serve […]
Hurrah for March! Let’s review what the Apache Community has achieved this week: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: November 2018 – January 2019 https://s.apache.org/nUxz – Next Board Meeting: 20 March. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ApacheCon™ –the ASF’s […]
FOUNDATION OPERATIONS SUMMARY Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2019 (November 2018 – January 2019) "Happy to be a sponsor of one of the most important foundations in the world!"—Randy Abernethy, Managing Partner, RX-M LLC (ASF Bronze Sponsor) > Conferences and Events: During this period, the Events team was mostly focused on preparations for upcoming events, as reported in our […]