On 2/20/09, Thilo Goetz <twgo...@gmx.de> wrote: > Niclas Hedhman wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Thilo Goetz <twgo...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >> <snip reason="user community reported healthy" /> >> >>> My pet hypothesis (or maybe I'm just looking for excuses) is >>> this: UIMA is heavily used in academia. Now academics have no >>> problems with open source, to the contrary. But they have an >>> overwhelming need to publish and build up a reputation. >> >> Does this have to mutually exclusive?? >> >> Can you perhaps contact these individuals one-by-one and get their >> view on how they see it. Perhaps ask them to publish their work in >> parallel, and perhaps the 'OSS bug' will bite a couple of them?? > > I have talked to quite a few of them, and I'll keep hitting on them :-)
Yes, IMO Apache hasn't really optimised it's interface with academia. I have some observations but hopefully other folks will jump in: 1. Perhaps Apache could approach this a little more like an industrial partner, perhaps by enabling an initial separation between academic research and the open source project which is the beneficiary. Some universities may feel more comfortable contributing through an industrial partner using an open source business model than directly to Apache. 2. Perhaps we can do more to help academics who work with Apache to build their reputation. Apache's brand is one of it's key assets and so mutally building reputations may be of significant mutual advantage. 3. Apache - at the project level - has significant intersections with academia but lacks a knowledge center. Perhaps the members should ask the board to establish an academic relations committee and VP to manage this. - Robert > >> I don't follow UIMA personally, so I am a bit short on other >> suggestions. Perhaps others have better ideas? >> >> Cheers >> Niclas > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
