[Owasp-leaders] Part 1: Where should OWASP invest the 90, 000 USD funds available for the next season of code?

Fri May 8 10:16:04 EDT 2009

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Alpha, Beta and Release quality. Should be "RA" I guess.

Stephen Craig Evans wrote:
> Sherif,
> 
> What is "GA state" and is their a criterion for that? Sorry, it's late
> here and I'm too tired and lazy to look it up.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Sherif Koussa <sherif.fathy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am not aware of the circumstances that led to projects stuck in Alpha or
>> Beta. I totally agree that it is the mandate of every person proposing a
>> project to take all the way to GA state. However, I thought that some of
>> these projects maybe have been developed outside the realm of SoC seasons,
>> so it might be a good idea to give them projects a push.
>> But I am totally against bailing out projects :)
>> I guess my main idea is: since there might not be a SoC 2010, so I think it
>> is valuable to get as much projects to a GA state as possible vs having more
>> projects in Alpha or Beta states, whether this means sponsoring only some of
>> the current Alpha and Beta projects (provided that it wasn't just a left
>> over from a previous SoC) or sponsoring less new projects but making sure
>> they make it all the way to a GA state.
>> Regards,
>> Sherif
>>
>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Stephen Craig Evans
>> <stephencraig.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Sorry to speak a little harshly, but the people in charge of the
>>> projects should have finished their goals and put them in their
>>> appropriate Beta or Released stages.
>>>
>>> Are you suggesting a bailout for projects that did not meet their
>>> commitments?
>>>
>>> I think that the Global Projects committee has done a wonderful job
>>> to-date in setting the parameters for self-imposed policing of each
>>> person's project. That is their mandate.
>>>
>>> If somebody has a Beta or Alpha project that wants upgrading, they
>>> should have to compete with everybody else that has new projects and
>>> new, cool ideas.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Sherif Koussa <sherif.fathy at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I would suggest to put all the money towards finishing up existing
>>>> projects
>>>> whether at Beta or Alpha stages. I'd rather see 15 GA projects rather
>>>> than
>>>> 100 or 200 Betas and Alphas.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sherif
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:14 AM, dinis cruz <dinis.cruz at owasp.org> wrote:
>>>>> Ok, we are about to launch the OWASP Season of Code 2009 grant
>>>>> sponsorship
>>>>> program (next week in Crakow (OWASP EU AppSec)), but, before we spam
>>>>> you
>>>>> with all its details (and a number of ideas for
>>>>> projects/research/activities), I would like to just ask you a must
>>>>> simpler
>>>>> question:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Where should OWASP invest the 90,000 USD funds available for the next
>>>>> season of code?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Please take into account that given the current financial outlook, we
>>>>> might NOT be able to do another Season or Code next year (2010) unless
>>>>> we
>>>>> have a substantial increase in Corporate Memberships (or find
>>>>> additional
>>>>> sponsorship funding sources). Note that currently, we really don't have
>>>>> the
>>>>> budget for the 2010 Summit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dinis
>>>>>
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