31.03.2003

The Lion King

Last week I visited the Lion King in Hamburg. It's really a great musical with very good sound and visual effects. Ok, the story is not very good and the texts are not very sophisticated - so, at the end it's like a good action movie: the story doesn't matter but the effects are worth seeing it. Especially the african music (sounded a little bit like some PG songs) and the interesting animal costumes. So, if you have time to see the musical, watch it! The stage is located in the habor of Hamburg at the opposite site of the city. So you can take a boat for free to travel over the river to the stage or you can use the old tunnel and walk by feet under(!) the river (which takes some time). 3:38:43 PM

The Cocoon Family

Some users/readers might be wondering what's going on in Cocoonland and perhaps some users might get worried about the "mysterious things" taking place in the mailing list over the past weeks. And this might scare them. So, what's going on and what will be the meaning for Cocoon? Now, to be honest I currently don't know what's going on (well at least, I know some things that are happening, but unfortunately not all). But I'm trying to figure it out. So, what does this mean for using Cocoon? I really think: viewed globally: nothing. There were some bad comments over the last weeks, one important committer left the project (which is really sad) because of that, and currently others are thinking about leaving/taking a break as well. Everything seems quiet now, but I still think that the storm is not over yet. Perhaps we can get the new release out without any problems, but it's unlikely that sooner or later the same problems will arise, because I guess that the root of the problems is not really solved yet - and the root is not clearly visible by now, but again, I'm trying to figure it out. But on the other hand, there are many other committers keeping on the great work taking place over the last years, and there are many users helping as well. Most of them were active over the last years and are still committed to Cocoon, and they will not discontinue their work because of some stupid comments. And even more important, there is a big commercial committment to Cocoon, and all these (big) companies will asure that Cocoon will continue. So don't worry if you see these ego-fights and verbal attacks in the mailing list; this happens from time to time, but it has no real impact on the success of the project. It's like a big family - there is not always sunshine and from time to time some black sheep arrive and try to cause confusion and discredit. But after a time, the problems will be solved and the family can keep on living happily. 3:33:39 PM