From general-return-20472-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Wed Nov 05 18:56:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 40516 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2008 18:56:40 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Nov 2008 18:56:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 43645 invoked by uid 500); 5 Nov 2008 18:56:44 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 43503 invoked by uid 500); 5 Nov 2008 18:56:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 43492 invoked by uid 99); 5 Nov 2008 18:56:44 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:56:44 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [84.14.163.136] (HELO malachi.anyware-tech.com) (84.14.163.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:55:24 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by malachi.anyware-tech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6BF62FD84; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:56:04 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at malachi.anyware-tech.com Received: from malachi.anyware-tech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (malachi.anyware-tech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yAQEPpU8INea; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:56:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from poukram.local (unknown [63.85.187.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by malachi.anyware-tech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 912F22FD77; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:56:00 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4911EC3E.50509@apache.org> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:55:58 -0600 From: Sylvain Wallez User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: general@incubator.apache.org CC: esme-dev@googlegroups.com, esmeproject@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] ESME - The Enterprise Social Messaging Experiment References: <490F87B9.7010103@fortybeans.com> <4911C738.8050306@apache.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org David Pollak wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Sylvain Wallez wrote: > > >> Darren Hague wrote: >> >> >>> I would like to propose ESME as a project for the Apache Incubator. >>> >>> Enterprise Social Messaging Experiment (ESME) is a secure and highly >>> scalable microsharing and micromessaging platform that allows people to >>> discover and meet one another and get controlled access to other sources of >>> information, all in a business process context. ESME is written in Scala and >>> uses the Lift web framework. >>> >> I've been looking at Scala and Lift while I was searching ways to apply >> Erlang's lightweight process approach to Java. So this is a very cool >> proposal and I'm willing to help as a mentor, so that it can finally force >> me to get my hands dirty on Scala! >> >> However, this proposal could be made way more interesting and potentially >> disrupting if it were to include the Lift framework itself, and also >> consider not only enterprise micro-blogging, but also open federated >> microblogging [1] that was initiated by Identi.ca [2]. >> > > > Speaking for Lift (I'm the BDFL of Lift), I'm very very happy with how we've > been hosting Lift. I don't see a compelling reason to move Lift to the > Apache foundation. > It's not just about hosting, but about getting more exposure to grow a larger community, which could be beneficial not only for Lift, but also more generally for Scala. > ESME will support a variety of standard-ish APIs including Twitter's APIs, > open federated micro blogging APIs, etc. It will also have a set of secure > federation APIs. > Sounds good! Sylvain -- Sylvain Wallez - http://bluxte.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org