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Subject: RE: Raising barriers
Thread-Topic: Raising barriers
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:48:37 +0000
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I second that=2E=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AE=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AEspen Skogen | Vice Presi=
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=0AFrom: Rui Silva [mailto:flex@rduartes=2Enet] =0D=0ASent: 11 January 2012=
 02:05=0D=0ATo: flex-dev@incubator=2Eapache=2Eorg=0D=0ASubject: Raising bar=
riers=0D=0A=0D=0AHi,=0D=0A=0D=0AIt's about 2 o'clock in the morning  here i=
n Portugal and I just went =0D=0Athrough the last of today's (yesterday's?)=
 posts on the mailing list and I =0D=0Amust confess that having gone throug=
h them all in a short period of time it =0D=0Adoes look like we're trying r=
eally hard to find ways this project could or =0D=0Ashould fail=2E=0D=0A=0D=
=0ADon't get me wrong, I love things being discussed in the list (The curre=
nt =0D=0Adiscussion around the component model is a bliss to read), but the=
re's a =0D=0Alot of other stuff that seems to raise more barriers than to a=
ctually find =0D=0Athe energy to move forward=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ACome on guys! T=
his is our project now! We'll make it whatever we want it to =0D=0Abe=2E Th=
ere's no need to dig up old ghosts and try to reason out some things =0D=0A=
that are unreasonable, largely by nature=2E And we need a lot of momentum, =
we =0D=0Acan't afford to wander off and spend time and energy on incidental=
 facts=2E =0D=0AThe world is looking at us right now! They're anxious to se=
e what comes out =0D=0Aof here and we're charged with the gigantic task of =
keep this behemoth =0D=0Acalled Flex alive and make it even better so that =
it can survive in a =0D=0Achanging world=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AI'll take this chanc=
e to make a statement of intent: I will not engage nor =0D=0Aanswer to thre=
ads that basically deal with things that have no real =0D=0Ainfluence on th=
e immediate future of Flex and how we can bring that to =0D=0Afruition=2E M=
y time is too precious and instead of doing that I'll try to =0D=0Afind way=
s to fix and improve this awesome applications development =0D=0Aframework =
(any mention to RIA, Web or any other specification intentionally =0D=0Alef=
t out)!=0D=0A=0D=0AI'm here to stay and I'll dedicate as much of me as I ca=
n spare to help out =0D=0Athe Flex community=2E If I may so bold to do so, =
I'd ask everyone to recheck =0D=0Atheir commitment to the project and decid=
e if and how they wish to be here =0D=0Atoo=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ASorry if I'm soun=
ding a bit dramatical, but I sincerely think that right =0D=0Anow, we're th=
e biggest menace to Flex's survival=2E Fortunately we're it =0D=0Agreatest =
hope too, so let's make that happen=2E Alex and Carol, not to put =0D=0Amor=
e pressure on the amazing effort you guys are already doing, but we =0D=0Ar=
eally need that code and JIRA ported as soon as humanly possible=2E I have =
=0D=0Acomplete faith that you will do your absolute best=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AChee=
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