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From: David Blevins <david.blevins@visi.com>
Subject: User Feedback Request -- this means you!
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:00:35 -0800

So this is the first of what I think should be a quarterly event.   
Geronimo is ultimately your project and we committers are but your  
humble servants.  To serve you best, we need some critical high level  
feedback to help us steer the project and focus on what matters most  
to you!

Please, every user out there, give us your top 5 things we can do to  
make Geronimo better for you.  Here is my list:

1)  More interaction with you guys, the users!
2)  More frequent releases incorporating more user feedback (small  
releases more often vs. big releases only 4 times a year)
3)  Less deployment requirements (simpler plans, more defaults, etc.)
4)  More application validation at deployment
5)  More powerful text configuration

That's just to get the ball rolling.  More detail is always good if  
you have the time.  In general anything you think we need to correct  
as a community, technical or non-technical.  Let us know.

If you've ever uttered the words, "Geronimo would be such a great  
project if it only...." then now is your time to shine.

We want to hear from everyone!  This is not just for the "hard-core"  
Geronimo users or J2EE experts.  If you are new to J2EE and  
downloaded Geronimo and had to give up after an hour of no progress,  
let us know what we might do!


It's all about you.


Best Regards,
David Blevins