First Post–Apache Today Launched! Page 2

• A Linux Today
  clone. Apache Today may bear a striking
  resemblance to the Linux Today (because it is, in
  a way a clone of Linux Today’s code base), but I
  would wish more that the community that gathers
  here would be open to more diversity–all
  Apache operating system platforms, including
  proprietary ones–should be accepted. People
  should not flame another on a choice that they
  would not have made personally.
• A
  haven for trolls. I will define trolling as
  commentary that is deliberately misleading, with
  the hidden agenda being chaos and the weakening
  of a group by spreading discontent. Although
  hard to tell from outright ineptitude at times,
  people who troll consistently express viewpoints
  that support their conclusions despite staggering
  evidence to the contrary and with statistics that
  are at best misleading. It’s up to the users
  that visit to keep this kind of banter at bay.
• A
  place of market-specific focus. I’d like Apache
  Today to be a community and corporate
  gathering place. Everything goes, in other
  words. I don’t think this will be a problem.

These are times of incredible change.
Keeping up with that change is a good portion of
the battle. We’re going to try and implement a
place where the change can roll by, and hopefully
provide a place where you can do more than just
watch. I feel that this is part of the role that
Linux Today plays in the Open Source movement,
and I’d like Apache Today to at least provide the
same opportunity.

But as always, a good place
to gather is created by those that come and make
it that way. The surfers that ride the apache
wave and decide to come here should keep this in
mind, and make that reality as much of a
pleasant one as possible.

I look forward to
the days ahead, and I hope Apache Today is a part
of the good times for everybody.

–Paul
Ferris

May, 2000