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 THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION'S "APACHE WAY"
 CONTINUES TO GAIN MOMENTUM, RECOGNITION, AND INFLUENCE
 ON THE FUTURE OF OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES

 FOREST HILL MD – 17 June 2008 – The Apache Software
 Foundation (ASF) -- stewards, incubators, and
 developers of leading Open Source projects -– today
 announced that both the organization's community and
 its meritocratic process (known as "the Apache Way")
 continues to gain recognition as one of the most
 influential, prominent, and innovative leaders in Open
 Source.

 A midyear review of the initiatives underway at the
 all-volunteer Foundation showed that not only does the
 Apache HTTP Server continue to be the world's most
 popular Web server software, but numerous ASF Projects
 lead the way in Open Source technology, and the ASF
 community is also playing a vital role in championing
 the collaborative development of consensus-driven,
 enterprise-grade solutions.

 "The demand for quality Open Source products continues
 to grow," said ASF Chairman Jim Jagielski. "A
 significant number of organizations depend on
 Apache-developed solutions. As the landscape continues
 to evolve, through our thought leadership,
 well-established process, and ability to spearhead new
 projects while maintaining an active, healthy
 community, we're poised to successfully deliver
 software that meets the demands of the marketplace and
 helps our users achieve their business goals."

 The newly-redesigned ASF Website
 (http://www.apache.org/) reflects how the Apache Way
 is realized through its new tagline, "Meritocracy in
 Action": more than 1,500 ASF Committers and countless
 contributors and users collaborate to the development
 of Apache-related activities across the Open Source
 landscape. The ASF are responsible for millions of
 lines of code and roughly one dozen servers comprising
 its infrastructure; nearly 500 community-driven
 modules have been developed to extend functionality of
 the Apache HTTP Server alone.

 2008 ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

 Board: The ASF recently held its Members' Meeting that
 included the election of the following Members to the
 ASF Board of Directors: Bertrand Delacretaz, Justin
 Erenkrantz, J. Aaron Farr, Jim Jagielski, Geir
 Magnusson Jr., William Rowe Jr., Sam Ruby, Henning
 Schmiedehausen, and Greg Stein.

 The annually-elected ASF Board oversees the management
 of the Foundation; in turn, the Board appoints a set
 of officers to manage the day-to-day operations and
 oversee ASF Projects and initiatives.

 Membership: The founding 21 individuals who oversaw
 the development of the Apache HTTP Server formed the
 Foundation's core membership. The group grew with the
 addition of "Committers": developers who contributed
 code, patches, or documentation, and were subsequently
 granted access by the Membership to: 1) "commit" or
 "write" directly to the code repository; 2) to vote on
 community-related decisions; and 3) propose an active
 user for Committership. Committers who demonstrate
 merit in the Foundation's growth, evolution, and
 progress are nominated for ASF Membership by existing
 members.

 The ASF as a whole, including its Board, Officers,
 Members, and Committers, is composed of individuals
 participating solely on behalf of the Foundation.
 Whilst corporations are unable to qualify for
 Membership, those contributing to ASF projects who are
 employed by corporate entities are able to participate
 in ASF activities during "work time", but are expected
 to act as individuals, independent of their employer,
 unless stated otherwise under very specific
 circumstances. A key strength of the ASF is that
 affiliations do not cloud personal contributions – a
 prescript that applies to all Members.

 The recent ASF Membership vote closed with the
 election of 17 new Members, totaling 276.

 Sponsorship: The ASF is a private, 501(c)(3)
 non-profit charitable organization, funded solely
 through tax-deductible contributions from
 corporations, foundations, and individuals. To help
 offset day-to-day operating expenses, The ASF created
 its Sponsorship Program in late 2006. The Foundation
 welcomed two new sponsors:

  - Silver Level: IONA Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA), and
  - Bronze Level: Matt Mullenweg

 … to the following organizations and individuals whose
 generous contributions continue to help advance the
 work of The ASF:

  - Platinum Level: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Yahoo!
 (NASDAQ: YHOO)
  - Gold Level: HP (NYSE: HPQ)
  - Silver Level: Covalent
  - Bronze Level: AirPlus International, Tetsuya
 Kitahata, and Two Sigma Investments


 ApacheCon: Now in its tenth year, the official user
 and developer conference, trainings, and expo of The
 Apache Software Foundation continues to explore some
 of the hottest topics in Open Source. The continued
 interest and increased adoption of Open Source
 technologies in Europe is reflected in the success of
 ApacheCon Europe held in Amsterdam in April, which
 boasted an increase in participation by 40%. ApacheCon
 US will be held in New Orleans on 3-7 November 2008,
 and will feature several enhancements to bring the
 Apache community of developers and users together,
 including expanded tracks, more Fast Feather
 presentations, the OFBiz Symposium (a dedicated
 "track" to the Apache Open For Business Project's
 suite of enterprise applications), as well as
 CampApache (a one-day, ad-hoc gathering with
 discussions, demos and interaction from participants
 to share and learn in an open environment).

 Community Outreach: For the third consecutive year,
 the ASF is participating in the Google Summer of Code.
 As part of its ongoing mentorship on "the Apache Way",
 32 ASF representatives have paired up with student
 developers from Algeria, Austria, Brazil, China,
 Croatia, France, India, Hungary, the Netherlands,
 Norway, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, the Ukraine, and
 the United States for the opportunity to collaborate
 on 78 different tasks using Apache Projects such as
 Axis2, Cayenne, Derby, Harmony, ODE, Roller, Sling,
 Solr, Tuscany, and Xerces2-J, as well as several
 projects in the Apache Incubator.

 In addition, the Foundation had participated in the
 Google Highly Open Participation (GHOP) Contest, which
 concluded in February. This initiative tasked nearly
 400 pre-university students worldwide to produce a
 variety of Open Source code, documentation, training
 materials and user experience research for ten
 participating organizations, including the ASF.
 Spencer Davis, GHOP Grand Prize winner chosen from the
 ASF's student contestants, will be joined by Bertrand
 Delacretaz, GHOP project administrator for the ASF, at
 the competition’s awards ceremony in July.

 Project Achievements: With just two Projects (Apache
 HTTP Server, and the ApacheCon Conference Planning
 committee) at its inception, The ASF today comprises
 62 Top-Level Projects (TLPs), 24 projects under
 Incubation (comprising both the codebase and its
 community, known as Podlings), and 20 active
 initiatives registered in the Apache Labs.

 Each ASF Project is managed by a self-selected team of
 technical experts who actively contribute to the
 project according to the guidelines for collaborative
 development best suited to that particular project.
 The day-to-day activity of each TLP (and any
 sub-projects) is overseen by Project Management
 Committees (PMCs).

 For twelve years running, the Apache HTTP Server
 remains the #1 Web server, powering more than 75
 million Websites across the Internet, according to the
 Netcraft May 2008 Web Server Survey. In addition, the
 1 June Web Server Survey by Security Space shows that
 Apache continues to hold 74% market penetration across
 all Web Server domains.

 Both Incubating- and sub-projects continue to go from
 strength to strength. The following initiatives have
 graduated to ASF Top-Level Projects (TLPs):

  - Apache Hadoop (sub-project of Apache Lucene; PMC
 Chair: Owen O'Malley) — January 2008
  - Apache Continuum (sub-project of Apache Maven; PMC
 Chair: Emmanuel Venisse) — February 2008
  - Apache Archiva (sub-project of Apache Maven; PMC
 Chair: Maria Odea Ching) — March 2008
  - Apache CXF (from the Apache Incubator; PMC Chair:
 Daniel Kulp) — April 2008
  - Apache Tuscany (sub-project of Apache Web Services;
 PMC Chair: Ant Elder) — May 2008

 Additional Project announcements include the release
 of: Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9; Apache Cocoon 2.2.0;
 Apache Portable Runtime 1.3.0; Apache Lucene Java
 2.3.0; Apache Harmony 5.0M6; Apache Lenya 2.0; Apache
 CXF 2.1; Apache Wicket 1.3; Apache Jackrabbit 1.4;
 Apache Batik 1.7; Apache Axis2/C 1.3.0; Apache QPid
 2.1.

 Recognition and Awards: The ASF continues to garner
 ongoing recognition by editors, technical experts,
 writers, analysts, and other industry influencers. The
 "buzz" generated by many of The ASF's Projects are
 testament to its innovation and leadership within the
 Open Source community. Recent awards include:

  - Java Community Process (JCP) Member of the Year
 The ASF won its third Member of the Year prize awarded
 by the JCP Program Management Office. Geir Magnusson,
 Vice President of the ASF JCP committee and JCP
 Executive Committee member, accepted this prestigious
 award on behalf of the ASF at the JCP Spec Lead Dinner
 on 6 May. "The ASF
 has been active and engaged since the beginning, with
 wide participation at both the EC level and in
 projects, as members of Expert Groups," said Magnusson
 in his acceptance speech.

  - InfoWorld BOSSIE Award: Apache SpamAssassin
 Apache SpamAssassin won the InfoWorld "Best Of Open
 Source Software" BOSSIE Award, as the winner in the
 anti-spam category. According to InfoWorld "Our Bossie
 winner for anti-spam is the ubiquitous SpamAssassin.
 Powerful, extensible, and effective, SpamAssassin uses
 a trainable neural network engine to identify spam and
 minimize false positives, in addition to the classic
 techniques of blacklisting and Bayesian filtering."

  - Eclipse Community Award: Apache Directory Studio
 Apache Directory Studio finishes as runner-up for Best
 Open Source RCP Application at the Eclipse Community
 Awards announced on 18 March at EclipseCon. Earlier
 that week, the Apache Directory team announced the
 second release candidate for the version 1.1.0 Apache
 Directory Studio, its Eclipse based LDAP Browser and
 Directory client.

  - JAX Innovation Award: Apache Sling
 Barely six months under incubation, Apache Sling – the
 Web framework that uses a Java Content Repository,
 such as Apache Jackrabbit, to store and manage content
 – won a JAX Innovation Award on 25 April. The award
 was accepted on behalf of the project by Committers
 Carsten Ziegeler and Felix Meschberger, who were
 excited to spread the word that Apache Sling is
 "bringing back the fun (to Java development)!"

  - SD Times 100: Influencers; Application Servers
 The ASF topped the Software Development (SD) Times 100
 list of Industry Influencers for the third year
 running. The sixth edition of these coveted awards was
 published on 2 June in recognition of the
 organizations or individuals that have demonstrated
 innovation and leadership in their markets. "Apache
 stayed on top of its game, continuing to offer
 enterprise-class sever software at a price not even
 Microsoft could match," stated the SD Times, bestowing
 Apache its third server award, highlighting Apache
 Geronimo powering proprietary server solutions, and
 Apache Tomcat as the most popular Java application
 server.


 Users and developers interested in becoming involved
 with any of the above initiatives are invited to
 download software, join mailing lists, submit
 patches/bug fixes/documentation, and offer feedback
 through the Projects listed on the ASF Website.

 ABOUT THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
 Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation
 provides organizational, legal, and financial support
 for a broad range of Open Source software projects,
 including Apache HTTP Server — the world's most
 popular Web server software for more than a decade.
 The Foundation provides an established framework for
 intellectual property and financial contributions that
 simultaneously limits contributors' potential legal
 exposure. Through a collaborative and meritocratic
 development process, Apache projects deliver
 enterprise-grade, freely available software products
 that attract large communities of users. The pragmatic
 Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial
 and individual, to deploy Apache products. For more
 information, please see http://www.apache.org/
	THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION'S "APACHE WAY"
	CONTINUES TO GAIN MOMENTUM, RECOGNITION, AND INFLUENCE
	ON THE FUTURE OF OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES

	FOREST HILL MD – 17 June 2008 – The Apache Software
	Foundation (ASF) -- stewards, incubators, and
	developers of leading Open Source projects -– today
	announced that both the organization's community and
	its meritocratic process (known as "the Apache Way")
	continues to gain recognition as one of the most
	influential, prominent, and innovative leaders in Open
	Source.

	A midyear review of the initiatives underway at the
	all-volunteer Foundation showed that not only does the
	Apache HTTP Server continue to be the world's most
	popular Web server software, but numerous ASF Projects
	lead the way in Open Source technology, and the ASF
	community is also playing a vital role in championing
	the collaborative development of consensus-driven,
	enterprise-grade solutions.

	"The demand for quality Open Source products continues
	to grow," said ASF Chairman Jim Jagielski. "A
	significant number of organizations depend on
	Apache-developed solutions. As the landscape continues
	to evolve, through our thought leadership,
	well-established process, and ability to spearhead new
	projects while maintaining an active, healthy
	community, we're poised to successfully deliver
	software that meets the demands of the marketplace and
	helps our users achieve their business goals."

	The newly-redesigned ASF Website
	(http://www.apache.org/) reflects how the Apache Way
	is realized through its new tagline, "Meritocracy in
	Action": more than 1,500 ASF Committers and countless
	contributors and users collaborate to the development
	of Apache-related activities across the Open Source
	landscape. The ASF are responsible for millions of
	lines of code and roughly one dozen servers comprising
	its infrastructure; nearly 500 community-driven
	modules have been developed to extend functionality of
	the Apache HTTP Server alone.

	2008 ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

	Board: The ASF recently held its Members' Meeting that
	included the election of the following Members to the
	ASF Board of Directors: Bertrand Delacretaz, Justin
	Erenkrantz, J. Aaron Farr, Jim Jagielski, Geir
	Magnusson Jr., William Rowe Jr., Sam Ruby, Henning
	Schmiedehausen, and Greg Stein.

	The annually-elected ASF Board oversees the management
	of the Foundation; in turn, the Board appoints a set
	of officers to manage the day-to-day operations and
	oversee ASF Projects and initiatives.

	Membership: The founding 21 individuals who oversaw
	the development of the Apache HTTP Server formed the
	Foundation's core membership. The group grew with the
	addition of "Committers": developers who contributed
	code, patches, or documentation, and were subsequently
	granted access by the Membership to: 1) "commit" or
	"write" directly to the code repository; 2) to vote on
	community-related decisions; and 3) propose an active
	user for Committership. Committers who demonstrate
	merit in the Foundation's growth, evolution, and
	progress are nominated for ASF Membership by existing
	members.

	The ASF as a whole, including its Board, Officers,
	Members, and Committers, is composed of individuals
	participating solely on behalf of the Foundation.
	Whilst corporations are unable to qualify for
	Membership, those contributing to ASF projects who are
	employed by corporate entities are able to participate
	in ASF activities during "work time", but are expected
	to act as individuals, independent of their employer,
	unless stated otherwise under very specific
	circumstances. A key strength of the ASF is that
	affiliations do not cloud personal contributions – a
	prescript that applies to all Members.

	The recent ASF Membership vote closed with the
	election of 17 new Members, totaling 276.

	Sponsorship: The ASF is a private, 501(c)(3)
	non-profit charitable organization, funded solely
	through tax-deductible contributions from
	corporations, foundations, and individuals. To help
	offset day-to-day operating expenses, The ASF created
	its Sponsorship Program in late 2006. The Foundation
	welcomed two new sponsors:

	- Silver Level: IONA Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA), and
	- Bronze Level: Matt Mullenweg

	… to the following organizations and individuals whose
	generous contributions continue to help advance the
	work of The ASF:

	- Platinum Level: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Yahoo!
	(NASDAQ: YHOO)
	- Gold Level: HP (NYSE: HPQ)
	- Silver Level: Covalent
	- Bronze Level: AirPlus International, Tetsuya
	Kitahata, and Two Sigma Investments


	ApacheCon: Now in its tenth year, the official user
	and developer conference, trainings, and expo of The
	Apache Software Foundation continues to explore some
	of the hottest topics in Open Source. The continued
	interest and increased adoption of Open Source
	technologies in Europe is reflected in the success of
	ApacheCon Europe held in Amsterdam in April, which
	boasted an increase in participation by 40%. ApacheCon
	US will be held in New Orleans on 3-7 November 2008,
	and will feature several enhancements to bring the
	Apache community of developers and users together,
	including expanded tracks, more Fast Feather
	presentations, the OFBiz Symposium (a dedicated
	"track" to the Apache Open For Business Project's
	suite of enterprise applications), as well as
	CampApache (a one-day, ad-hoc gathering with
	discussions, demos and interaction from participants
	to share and learn in an open environment).

	Community Outreach: For the third consecutive year,
	the ASF is participating in the Google Summer of Code.
	As part of its ongoing mentorship on "the Apache Way",
	32 ASF representatives have paired up with student
	developers from Algeria, Austria, Brazil, China,
	Croatia, France, India, Hungary, the Netherlands,
	Norway, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, the Ukraine, and
	the United States for the opportunity to collaborate
	on 78 different tasks using Apache Projects such as
	Axis2, Cayenne, Derby, Harmony, ODE, Roller, Sling,
	Solr, Tuscany, and Xerces2-J, as well as several
	projects in the Apache Incubator.

	In addition, the Foundation had participated in the
	Google Highly Open Participation (GHOP) Contest, which
	concluded in February. This initiative tasked nearly
	400 pre-university students worldwide to produce a
	variety of Open Source code, documentation, training
	materials and user experience research for ten
	participating organizations, including the ASF.
	Spencer Davis, GHOP Grand Prize winner chosen from the
	ASF's student contestants, will be joined by Bertrand
	Delacretaz, GHOP project administrator for the ASF, at
	the competition’s awards ceremony in July.

	Project Achievements: With just two Projects (Apache
	HTTP Server, and the ApacheCon Conference Planning
	committee) at its inception, The ASF today comprises
	62 Top-Level Projects (TLPs), 24 projects under
	Incubation (comprising both the codebase and its
	community, known as Podlings), and 20 active
	initiatives registered in the Apache Labs.

	Each ASF Project is managed by a self-selected team of
	technical experts who actively contribute to the
	project according to the guidelines for collaborative
	development best suited to that particular project.
	The day-to-day activity of each TLP (and any
	sub-projects) is overseen by Project Management
	Committees (PMCs).

	For twelve years running, the Apache HTTP Server
	remains the #1 Web server, powering more than 75
	million Websites across the Internet, according to the
	Netcraft May 2008 Web Server Survey. In addition, the
	1 June Web Server Survey by Security Space shows that
	Apache continues to hold 74% market penetration across
	all Web Server domains.

	Both Incubating- and sub-projects continue to go from
	strength to strength. The following initiatives have
	graduated to ASF Top-Level Projects (TLPs):

	- Apache Hadoop (sub-project of Apache Lucene; PMC
	Chair: Owen O'Malley) — January 2008
	- Apache Continuum (sub-project of Apache Maven; PMC
	Chair: Emmanuel Venisse) — February 2008
	- Apache Archiva (sub-project of Apache Maven; PMC
	Chair: Maria Odea Ching) — March 2008
	- Apache CXF (from the Apache Incubator; PMC Chair:
	Daniel Kulp) — April 2008
	- Apache Tuscany (sub-project of Apache Web Services;
	PMC Chair: Ant Elder) — May 2008

	Additional Project announcements include the release
	of: Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9; Apache Cocoon 2.2.0;
	Apache Portable Runtime 1.3.0; Apache Lucene Java
	2.3.0; Apache Harmony 5.0M6; Apache Lenya 2.0; Apache
	CXF 2.1; Apache Wicket 1.3; Apache Jackrabbit 1.4;
	Apache Batik 1.7; Apache Axis2/C 1.3.0; Apache QPid
	2.1.

	Recognition and Awards: The ASF continues to garner
	ongoing recognition by editors, technical experts,
	writers, analysts, and other industry influencers. The
	"buzz" generated by many of The ASF's Projects are
	testament to its innovation and leadership within the
	Open Source community. Recent awards include:

	- Java Community Process (JCP) Member of the Year
	The ASF won its third Member of the Year prize awarded
	by the JCP Program Management Office. Geir Magnusson,
	Vice President of the ASF JCP committee and JCP
	Executive Committee member, accepted this prestigious
	award on behalf of the ASF at the JCP Spec Lead Dinner
	on 6 May. "The ASF
	has been active and engaged since the beginning, with
	wide participation at both the EC level and in
	projects, as members of Expert Groups," said Magnusson
	in his acceptance speech.

	- InfoWorld BOSSIE Award: Apache SpamAssassin
	Apache SpamAssassin won the InfoWorld "Best Of Open
	Source Software" BOSSIE Award, as the winner in the
	anti-spam category. According to InfoWorld "Our Bossie
	winner for anti-spam is the ubiquitous SpamAssassin.
	Powerful, extensible, and effective, SpamAssassin uses
	a trainable neural network engine to identify spam and
	minimize false positives, in addition to the classic
	techniques of blacklisting and Bayesian filtering."

	- Eclipse Community Award: Apache Directory Studio
	Apache Directory Studio finishes as runner-up for Best
	Open Source RCP Application at the Eclipse Community
	Awards announced on 18 March at EclipseCon. Earlier
	that week, the Apache Directory team announced the
	second release candidate for the version 1.1.0 Apache
	Directory Studio, its Eclipse based LDAP Browser and
	Directory client.

	- JAX Innovation Award: Apache Sling
	Barely six months under incubation, Apache Sling – the
	Web framework that uses a Java Content Repository,
	such as Apache Jackrabbit, to store and manage content
	– won a JAX Innovation Award on 25 April. The award
	was accepted on behalf of the project by Committers
	Carsten Ziegeler and Felix Meschberger, who were
	excited to spread the word that Apache Sling is
	"bringing back the fun (to Java development)!"

	- SD Times 100: Influencers; Application Servers
	The ASF topped the Software Development (SD) Times 100
	list of Industry Influencers for the third year
	running. The sixth edition of these coveted awards was
	published on 2 June in recognition of the
	organizations or individuals that have demonstrated
	innovation and leadership in their markets. "Apache
	stayed on top of its game, continuing to offer
	enterprise-class sever software at a price not even
	Microsoft could match," stated the SD Times, bestowing
	Apache its third server award, highlighting Apache
	Geronimo powering proprietary server solutions, and
	Apache Tomcat as the most popular Java application
	server.


	Users and developers interested in becoming involved
	with any of the above initiatives are invited to
	download software, join mailing lists, submit
	patches/bug fixes/documentation, and offer feedback
	through the Projects listed on the ASF Website.

	ABOUT THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
	Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation
	provides organizational, legal, and financial support
	for a broad range of Open Source software projects,
	including Apache HTTP Server — the world's most
	popular Web server software for more than a decade.
	The Foundation provides an established framework for
	intellectual property and financial contributions that
	simultaneously limits contributors' potential legal
	exposure. Through a collaborative and meritocratic
	development process, Apache projects deliver
	enterprise-grade, freely available software products
	that attract large communities of users. The pragmatic
	Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial
	and individual, to deploy Apache products. For more
	information, please see http://www.apache.org/