The Apache® Software Foundation Announces 18 Years of Open Source Leadership

Billions of users depend on Apache’s free, community-driven software; Foundation relies on charitable donations to advance the future of open development. Forest Hill, MD —28 March 2017— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today its 18th Anniversary and accomplishments, and […]

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 24 March 2017

Happy Friday! This week the Apache community has accomplished quite a bit: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 15 April 2017. Board calendar and minutes available at http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html – ASF Operations Summary – Q3 FY2017 https://s.apache.org/NKFz Apache Community –our community is 6,000+ […]

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 17 March 2017

Welcome Friday (happy St. Patrick’s Day, Evacuation Day, Liberalia, and other celebrations)! The global Apache community have been busy this week on: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – ASF Operations Summary – Q3 FY2017 https://s.apache.org/NKFz  – Next Board Meeting: 15 April 2017. […]

The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: November 2016 – January 2017

FOUNDATION OPERATIONS SUMMARY Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2017 (November 2016 – January 2017) "The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is one of the most important and influential players in the modern open-source software development community."—Sean M. Kerner, eWeek > President’s Statement: We now have an approved FY17 budget, and are working on a five year projection. While […]

Success at Apache: Rule of the Makers.

By Nick Kew I started working on a range of Web applications in the 1990s, the first of them internal to my (then) workplace where it provided an operator interface to the daily processing, archiving and distribution of satellite image data; the second a forerunner of what is now called social media, and my first […]

The Apache News Round-up: week ending 3 March 2017

Hello, March! The Apache community has had another smashing week: ASF Board –management and oversight of the business and affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation’s bylaws. – Next Board Meeting: 15 March 2017. Board calendar and minutes available at http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on four continents keeps the ASF’s infrastructure running around […]