Why is Apache taking these up / wasting time on them? So far all of them have died shortly after, with no significant improvements landing once Apache has taken over.
Although "entrusted" to Apache, they're still controlled by the same people who change their titles from XXXX Project Manager at BigCorp to Apache PMS Chair for XXXX. These people are often the reason the project funding is cut off, and they'd rather keep control of a shrinking ecosystem than give up some control so the project can be saved, where they'd have a smaller share of a larger ecosystem.
Yeah I know this is an absurd concept (to some) that someone might use older than a few year old tech.
Being an Apache project means(to me at least) that the product is ready to use and someone has used it before with at least some success. I trust a random open source product much less than anything Apache.
Presumably they get some funding in return. It makes $$$ sense for those entrusting if they have an established user base they no longer want to support.