Greetings all. It's time to review the Apache community's activities from the past week: ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. - The Apache Software Foundation Operations Summary: May - July 2019 https://s.apache.org/a6s40 - Next... [Read more...]
Posted at 06:53AM Nov 15, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter
FOUNDATION OPERATIONS SUMMARY First Quarter, Fiscal Year 2020 (May - July 2019) " We are excited to support The Apache Software Foundation, championing an organization that is delivering software for public good. Apache's software is core to much of the Internet and is used by many of our customers and... [Read more...]
Posted at 02:41AM Nov 13, 2019 by Sally in General
Happy Friday: it's time to look back at our activities over the past week: ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. - Next Board Meeting: 20 November 2019. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ... [Read more...]
Posted at 09:52AM Nov 08, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter
Open Source machine learning library in use at Citigroup, NetEase, and Singapore General Hospital, among others. Wakefield, MA —4 November 2019— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache® SINGA™ as a Top-Level... [Read more...]
Posted at 01:00PM Nov 04, 2019 by Sally in General
Welcome, November! We're wrapping up another great week with the following activities: ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. - Next Board Meeting: 20 November 2019. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ... [Read more...]
Posted at 06:24AM Nov 01, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter
Happy Friday! We're wrapping up another great week with the following activities: ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. - Next Board Meeting: 20 November 2019. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ... [Read more...]
Posted at 06:47AM Oct 25, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter
On Sep, 21st we have released Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7. Since then we had 1.6 million download requests. And this is only for the newest release. There are more for other versions that the users download due to their special needs. And not included are the many others from news magazins - online or on CD/DVD. Another impressive number is: ... [Read more...]
Posted at 06:44PM Oct 22, 2019 by marcus in General
Greetings all. It's time to review the Apache community's activities from the past week: ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. - Next Board Meeting: 20 November 2019. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ... [Read more...]
Posted at 06:02AM Oct 18, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter
Happy Friday, everyone --let's review what the Apache community has been up to over the past week: ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. - The ASF welcomes Dave Fisher as a Director https://s.apache.org/vlu1t - Next Board Meeting: 16 October... [Read more...]
Posted at 02:01PM Oct 11, 2019 by Sally in Newsletter
The Apache Software Foundation today announced the appointment of Dave Fisher to its Board of Directors . Fisher has been an Apache Committer since 2008 and was elected an ASF Member in 2012. He is a member of several Project Management Committees (PMCs) and is an active Apache Incubator mentor. Fisher replaces Joan Touzet, who... [Read more...]
Posted at 06:15PM Oct 05, 2019 by Sally in General
Well hello, October --we're off to a great start with the latest from the Apache community: ASF Board – management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. - Next Board Meeting: 16 October 2019. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calend... [Read more...]
Posted at 01:22PM Oct 04, 2019 by Sally in Newsletter
The ASF launched 20 years ago with the oversight of a single project: the Apache HTTP Server, which became the world’s most popular Web server software. Today, the ASF is the world's largest Open Source foundation, developing, stewarding, and incubating more than 300 projects and initiatives. The collective efforts of 765 individual Members and... [Read more...]
Posted at 12:30AM Sep 29, 2019 by Sally in General
Farewell, September --we're wrapping up the month with another great week. Here are the latest updates on the Apache community's activities: Success at Apache – the monthly blog series that focuses on the people and processes behind why the ASF "just works". - "Why you'd want to become an Apache Committer" by... [Read more...]
Posted at 09:16AM Sep 27, 2019 by Swapnil M Mane in Newsletter
A special project in collaboration with technologist and photographer Peter Adams in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) . Growing from a single project to more than 300 projects and initiatives , the ASF is the world's largest Open Source foundation. The collective efforts of 765 individual... [Read more...]
Posted at 08:12AM Sep 27, 2019 by Sally in General
Scalable Open Source Big Data database processes queries in milliseconds; used in autonomous drones, federated situation-aware access control systems, and petabyte-scale graphs modeling, among many other applications. Wakefield, MA —24 September 2019— The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and... [Read more...]
Posted at 12:59PM Sep 24, 2019 by Sally in General
Momentum Builds for Official Global Conference Series of the World's largest Open Source Foundation Wakefield, MA and Berlin, Germany —24 September 2019— The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today highlights for... [Read more...]
Posted at 06:00AM Sep 24, 2019 by Sally in General
By Patricia Shanahan After retiring, I wanted to continue programming but without the pressure and constraints of a job, so I started contributing to Apache. Open software development the Apache way is a great retirement hobby, offering social contacts, intellectual challenge, continuous learning, and the pleasant feeling of making a... [Read more...]
Posted at 05:47PM Sep 23, 2019 by Sally in SuccessAtApache
by Dmitriy Pavlov All newbies in Open Source communities may sometimes think that they’ll never be able to become Committers. Many treat this role as a prestigious one, granted only for special feats, and after having written a ton of code. But not all things are so simple, and I hope my story will help you. Election as Apache... [Read more...]
Posted at 11:48PM Sep 21, 2019 by Sally in SuccessAtApache
21 September 2019 - Apache OpenOffice, the leading Open Source office document productivity suite, announced today Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7, as usual available in 41 languages for Windows, macOS and Linux. Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 is a maintenance release aimed at correcting some regressions and delivering the latest English dictionary. All users of... [Read more...]
Posted at 07:40PM Sep 21, 2019 by marcus in General