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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:17:39
John Baskind (jbaskind@home.com)
Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:23:23 -0800
[long and acrimonious discussion, at present ending with this message, clipped]
> Let's recall that once this ``situation'' is resolved, the list of
> volunteer members/coders will likely increase. Many, I'm sure, myself
> included, have held back.
I am following this discussion with some alarm, and I am sure that many
others who rely on everyone involved in this acrimony to keep our sites
running are too. I think competition is very important, and the sort of
internal competition you lot are involved in is crucial to the continued
speedy evolution of the critical software you are making ( for us users,
please be reminded).
Those who rely on your skills and expertise--in other words, the vast
majority of Apache users, which means, apparently, some 50% of the active
Web at this point, NEED you, all of you, as a group. to continue to share
your brains and their collective product, with us. Because the vast
majority of us couldn't do what you do if our lives depended on it.
I use mod_ssl, purely because it seemed easier to install and compile than
Apache_SSL, and I really like Ralf's installation notes, not because I
formed any judgement about the relative excellence of mod_ssl over
Apache_SSL. I am not capable of making that judgement--I rely on YOUR
assessments!
I really don't care if it actually is easier to install or not; --from my
point of view, I honor Tim Hudson and Ben Laurie, Ralf Engelschall and all
the less public members of the Apache Group equally. Each of you
contributes in a different way to make my life, and therefore livelihood,
simpler and more pleasant.
Part of my skill set is political consulting--if there's anything I've
learned, it is that mud not only sticks to both the flinger and flingee,
but also clouds all the subsequent issues between both parties to a
remarkably large degree.
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:17:39