On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:20:26 -0500 (EST) Rich Bowen wrote: > When a skilled worker goes to work for a new company, they go through a > period of probation to ensure that they fit in the new company. This > does not question their skills, it merely ensures that the person fits > into the new company.
:-) (0.) Accredited ASF Brother/Sister Project -- internship newbies 1. Incubated Project -- newly-hired employees 2. Proper ASF Project -- normal employees Oh, maybe nice analogy :) # Often employers would omit (1) process... given perfect internship # programs were provided. The point is -- affinity and trust. > Is this about the name "incubator", or is there more to it than that? This is a deduction from my observations: .. It might be due to the history of this mailing list. 15 months ago. As far as I could see, there were so many "shout"/"cry"/scream"/"yell-out"s it seemed. The matter is worse, this list is open to anyone, so new comers download(s|ed) the archives of this mailing list. They might become utterly confused ... (AAMOF, i was one of the victims of such confusions :) The root of the evil might be the "fear" to the invisible entities ... Oh, this can be described as "blind-dog sympthons" or such ... maybe :) > Yes, we should take very seriously the feedback of the folks that have > been through this process, and we should evolve based on that feedback. I am sure that Leo's approach is/was very nice. Nice case study. Leo perfectly made invisible entities hidden in veils of mystery visible as well as formed a nice *path* for those who follow after. > Perhaps a practical solution here is to strongly encourage mature > projects to remain entirely outside the Apache infrastructure during > this period. That allows them to continue functioning as a mature > project, and not in any way be hindered by the move until such time as > there is a recognizable benefit to moving. (0.) Accredited ASF Brother/Sister Project -- internship might be a better approach. :-) -- Tetsuya. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
