Quote from Jakarta Commons list
November 16th, 2003 by HenAn amusing excerpt from an email from Geir Magnusson Jr, on a thread concerning whether Jakarta Commons has sufficient oversight for the Apache board to feel there are enough safeguards for legality.
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“What have the romans done for us???”
“well, there are actual mature codebases in j-c.”
“And there’s active new ones too! People joining all the time,
suggesting new stuff.”
“Don’t forget the strong community.”
“Oh, and before the recognition and confidence by the rest of the Java
community was developed, no one talked to us.”
“And our history! Don’t forget our history…”
“Right! Aside from the active and mature codebases, the community, the
history, the links to other Jakarta sub-projects and the recognition
in the Java community, what have the Romans done for us?”