Ceki left Log4J to develop Logback, I think because he felt like he had lost control of the project. "For me, starting a new project was a lot worse than just

Ceki left Log4J to develop Logback, I think because he felt like he had lost control of the project. "For me, starting a new project was a lot worse than just "disheartening". The SLF4J vote was just the straw that broke the camel's back. After putting many many hours of work into log4j, it became increasingly painful to waste time in arguments, where opinions got asserted by the one writing the longest email. Not fun." - http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/logging-log4j-dev/200704.mbox/%3C20070404194653.9F87F36CC1@mail.qos.ch%3E http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/logging-log4j-dev/2...