The Apache Software Foundation

Announcing that the Apache AxKit committers have voted to retire the project due to inactivity. AxKit was a subproject of the Apache XML PMC. It was an XML Application Server for Apache, which provided
on-the-fly conversion from XML to any format, such as HTML, WAP or text using either W3C standard techniques, or flexible custom code.

Retiring a project is not as simple as turning everything off, as existing users need to both know that the project is retiring and retain access to the necessary information for their own development efforts.

You can read more about AxKit's retirement at:

  http://attic.apache.org/projects/axkit.html

The project's resources will continue to be available in a read-only state - website, wikis, svn, downloads and bug tracker with no change in url.

Providing process and solutions to make it clear when an Apache project has reached its end of life is the role of the Apache Attic, and you can read more about that at:

  http://attic.apache.org/

Thanks,

Greg Reddin
on behalf of the Apache Attic and the now retired Apache AxKit  project

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그럼.

Dear Friends of The Apache Software Foundation:

Exactly ten years ago, the highly dedicated members of the Apache Group decided to secure the future of the Apache HTTP Server by forming The Apache Software Foundation.

Since then, our globally distributed, all-volunteer membership has grown to exceed 300 individuals who represent some of the world's greatest talent in Open Source. In collaboration with more than 2,000 Committers from across six continents, the ASF oversees the development of 65 leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — still the world’s most popular Web server software since its inception fifteen years ago.

We are very proud of our many achievements over the past years, and recognize that our success is testament to our community's deep commitment to meeting a critical need for high quality, freely available software. We are thankful to everyone who has contributed their time, energy and resources to help the ASF achieve so many successes, both internally and externally, by supporting the Open Source community through hundreds of mailing lists, as well as numerous mentoring and outreach activities.

We look back on the success of The Apache Way with confidence: participation is at an all-time high, with 33 projects in the Apache Incubator, and more than two dozen codebases being explored in the Apache Labs.

We also recognize that the ASF has become more than a trusted resource for developers; it is also a worthy organization for tax-deductible donations from the business community and individuals alike. Through the financial contributions of our sponsors, the ASF continues to power hundreds of millions of sites, projects, and software solutions across the planet (Apache software even powers satellites in outer space!).

This anniversary also gives us an occasion to formally acknowledge the loyalty and support of the millions of users responsible for our incredible success over the past decade. Through your commitment, the ASF continues to be the standard-bearer for Open Source excellence. We appreciate your ongoing support by sharing our story with your friends, and co-workers, and considering making a personal donation or becoming a sponsor of the ASF.

Join us in celebrating this important milestone throughout the year, as we highlight numerous ASF projects, people, and events in honor of the occasion. The festivities culminate in Oakland, California, 2-6 November 2009, at ApacheCon US, the official conference, trainings, and expo of the ASF (I am writing this letter from Amsterdam, where ApacheCon Europe is currently taking place).

So many of us can't imagine the world before the ASF, yet it seems that the years have quickly flown by. With so much to look forward to in the coming decade, we appreciate your help in keeping the ASF a relevant, vibrant, and active community, heartily invite you to share your thoughts with us by dropping us a line on the ASF blog.

Sincerely,
Jim Jagielski, Chairman
The Apache Software Foundation
25 March 2009

Influential community-driven foundation promotes Open Source messaging implementation built on the AMQP standard

FOREST HILL, MD — 3 March, 2009 — The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) today announced the graduation of the Qpid project from the Apache Incubator as a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying that the Project’s community and products have been well-governed under the ASF’s meritocratic process and principles.

Apache Qpid is an Open Source messaging implementation built on the Advanced Messaging Queuing Protocol (AMQP) specification, the first open standard for enterprise messaging. Qpid provides transaction management, queuing, clustering, federation, security, management, and support across multiple operating systems and platforms.

“On the heels of its recent graduation, Qpid has also reached the completion of the major Qpid M4 release. We’re thrilled to have our project’s growth and maturity recognized by the Apache Software Foundation,“ said Carl Trieloff, Chair of the Apache Qpid Project Management Committee (PMC) and Senior Consulting Software Engineer at Red Hat. “With the promotion to an Apache Top-Level Project, Qpid is recognized for outstanding development based on our vibrant, rapidly expanding community, infrastructure and for collaborative development.“

John O’Hara, Chairman of the AMQP Working Group and Executive Director at JPMorgan said, “I am delighted that the Apache Software Foundation has graduated the Qpid Project. AMQP is an open infrastructure for business messaging over the Internet. Apache Qpid developers have been active participants in the AMQP Working Group working in partnership with other AMQP solution developers and end-users. The ASF’s provision of Qpid as its AMQP implementation adds to the range of AMQP solutions businesses can choose from to improve their efficiency.“

Initially proposed for development within the ASF by Trieloff in December 2006, Qpid started with a donation of code created by some of the initial project members. Since then, Qpid continues to expand both its committer base and diversity of organizations and individuals represented. Today, Qpid runs critical systems for many users and large organizations while continuing to lead through innovation and implementation.

“Since joining AMQP.org last year, we have seen how valuable the AMQP specification is to the participating customers,“ said Sam Ramji, Senior Director, Platform Strategy, at Microsoft. “It is great to see the Apache Qpid project maturing as the community strives to address the customer need for choice and improved enterprise-class messaging interoperability.“

Members of the Qpid team, as well as those who use the software, believe that the project’s graduation a fresh and exciting addition to the Apache Software Foundation: “WSO2 believes that Apache Qpid is an important addition to addressing the enterprise messaging demands of our customers, and we support connecting both C and Java middleware to Apache Qpid for AMQP messaging,“ said Paul Fremantle, CTO at WSO2 and member of the Apache Qpid Project Management Committee.

To use, interact, and/or contribute to Apache Qpid, visit http://qpid.apache.org

About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than sixty-five leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world’s most popular Web server software. Through The ASF’s meritocratic process known as “The Apache Way“, nearly 300 individual Members and 2,000 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation’s official user conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors including Google, HP, Microsoft, Progress Software, SpringSource, and Yahoo! For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/