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From: "Kruse, Sebastian" <Sebastian.Kruse@hpi.de>
To: "dev@flink.incubator.apache.org" <dev@flink.incubator.apache.org>
Subject: Projects page on Flink web page
Thread-Topic: Projects page on Flink web page
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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:05:34 +0000
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Hi everyone,

at HPI, we recently had the idea of a projects page on the Flink web site. =
Such a page could present programs that have been implemented atop of Flink=
, ideally with a link to a github repository of the respective project's co=
de. This could bring benefits for both the Flink maintainers and users with=
 it.

At first, these projects could promote the versatility of the Flink platfor=
m if the Flink programs are concerned with quite different problems (graph =
algorithms, machine learning, data analytics, ...). Moreover, a lot of proj=
ects underline the relevance of Flink as a GP data processing platform. Las=
t but not least, given a set of readily implemented use cases, a rather non=
-technical audience (i.e., w/o programming background) could try out Flink =
without having to write any code (ideally).

Also, such a projects page would be beneficial for the people that write ne=
w Flink programs. Without a distribution platform for Flink programs, it is=
 likely that every program written in Flink is only used by its own authors=
. The project page would be a good place to promote own Flink programs but =
also to exchange programs, best practices or even subplans and operators.

As I think, that this idea addresses an important issue, I am putting it he=
re for discussion and looking forward to your feedback. :)

Cheers,
Sebastian

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