Blogging Roller

Mike Levin: Remember the JRoller aggregator filling up with soulmates that are now this vibrant community? Hasn't it been a blast meeting kinfolk around the globe that share the common ideal of faster, better, simpler, continuously improving, shared software that feeds your thoughts and projects with reusable code? Well, keep remembering. Remind yourself we all have a life and priorities change. As things like software change, so does the level of complexity. As opportunities open up, people move on. And, change becomes a little harder to implement. History becomes blurred. We have to strain to remember all the details that are so important to continuity and reliability. How much have you paid for your JRoller hosting? You contributed your most valuable asset: your thoughts. Well, remember who took you to the party. If you find another dance partner, don't kiss and tell. Be a code hero. Remember your partner, "Nada". Smile demurely and set an example. And, if you hang in there while the boat rocks, think of the good times and the better ones to come. Be a part of the solution. Be a code hero.

I'm not totally sure what to make of that, especially the don't kiss and tell part, but I do like the sentiment. The JRoller.com guys have been struggling to upgrade the site to Roller 3.1 this week and experiencing some downtime, so long-time Roller fan Mike is encouraging folks to stick with it -- or at least not bitch too much on the way out the door (maybe that's the don't kiss and tell part).

There have been some ads here and there but Developer Zone's JRoller.com is still primarily a volunteer site, a labor of love ever since Anthony Eden started the site and handed it off to the Javalobby. So Matt, Rick and the rest of the Javalobby/Developer Zone crew definitely deserve our thanks. And Mike too ;-)

And a note for those who don't understand the difference between Roller and JRoller: Apache Roller is an open source blog server, developed and supported by the Apache Software Foundation. JRoller.com is a free blog service for Java developers (mostly) that uses the Apache Roller software, but is run by Developer Zone.