The Apache Group $($AG$),$ the informal organization of people responsible for guiding the development of the Apache HTTP

Server Project, consisted entirely of volunteers, each having at least one other $$real$$ job that competed for their time. For

this reason, none of the developers could devote large blocks of time to the project in a consistent or planned manner,

therefore requiring a development and decision$-$making process that emphasized decentralized workspaces and

asynchronous communication