[fedora-java] Draft of the Fedora Java story

[Aleksandar Kurtakov]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Allen" <dan.j.allen at gmail.com>
> To: "Aleksandar Kurtakov" <akurtako at redhat.com>
> Cc: java-devel at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:22:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [fedora-java] Draft of the Fedora Java story
> 
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Aleksandar Kurtakov <
> akurtako at redhat.com > wrote:
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> 
> That's awesome page Dan!
> 
> We were really missing someone with marketing skills. I really like
> where you're heading too.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks! I think this is a good fit for me given my background
> evangelizing and hacking on both Linux and Java. As time permits
> I'll get involved in a few more of the packages as well.
> 
> 
> Btw, one of the visions that I don't mention explicitly in the brief
> is that several of the core JBoss developers have discussed over the
> years the idea of being able to provide a "contributor toolkit" in
> the form of a spin, a remix or hosted vm image. It often takes
> awhile to get new contributors spun up, and it would be awesome just
> to give them
> 
> 
> a) something that gets them started quickly
> b) something that reinforces the OSS culture
> 
> 
> That's one of the reasons I've been so excited about the Fedora Java
> Spin.

That would really be awesome. Gnome is moving in this direction too and sooner or later every project will do it because the complexity grows exponentially and setting things up becomes harder and harder.

> 
> 
> I think (b) is just as important as (a), because Java developers
> aren't by default OSS or Linux advocates. That's just more
> opportunity for Fedora Java to make an impact.
> 
> 
> Of course, I'm well aware that Fedora Java is much broader than the
> concerns of JBoss middleware, and the key is to touch as much of the
> JVM ecosystem as possible. That includes desktop technologies like
> Java-based applications as well as frameworks like Griffon.

Well, keeping us being best in few places gives us more chances than being moderate/acceptable for most tasks. At least I feel like I do way more impact concentrating on Eclipse stuff compared to the time I've been trying to be Fedora Java "jack of all trades" :). So everyone concentrating on his best might be the best call who knows :).

Regards,
Alex 

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> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> -Dan
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