Hi, Carin, This is Jun and I have worked on Apache Cassandra and Kafka.
To me, the benefits of ASF and/or becoming a topic level project are the following. 1. ASF carries a strong brand name. Many enterprises are much more comfortable with adopting software that's from a top-level ASF project than just a github project. 2. ASF helps consolidate development efforts. Once there is a top-level Apache project in one area, it tends to reduce the number of cloned/forked variants. 3. Openness in ASF can lead to more innovations in the software in the long run. 4. There are examples that you can build a successful business on Apache projects. While the per unit price of open source software tends to be lower than proprietary software, ASF helps compensate for that by reducing the customer acquisition cost and the software development cost for a vendor, and by increasing the user base. You didn't ask the for the downside specifically, but I will list a few potential ones. 1. ASF has a set of rules. Fully understanding all of them may not be easy since not all them are documented and explained clearly. 2. ASF has a large community. Sometimes different members can have different opinions, which could mean longer time for decision-making. Thanks, Jun On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 11:38 AM Carin Meier <carinme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your feedback. For context, we are *very* interested in > graduating. As one of our steps forward to our goal, we are investigating > this question as a way of understanding as a group where we are headed and > why. > > The answers and feedback help us our enrich and solidify our understanding. > > - Carin > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:38 AM Bertrand Delacretaz < > bdelacre...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 2:41 PM Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >... Graduation is an important step for every ASF project that all > > incubating > > > projects should be working towards.... > > > > Absolutely, graduation is a *requirement* for podlings which cannot be > > considered optional. > > > > If a podling is unsure whether Apache is the right home for them they > > should talk to their mentors and/or to the Incubator PMC to find out > > what can be done, and decide to stay or leave, but not linger forever > > in the Incubator which is not designed for that. > > > > I don't meant to derail this discussion and it's great to ask these > > questions but maybe "what are the benefits of being an Apache project" > > is the question that's actually being asked, as graduation is not > > optional. > > > > Onwards...thanks for starting this discussion! > > > > -Bertrand > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > >
