Fwd: GNUstep/Étoilé/GAP/QuantumSTEP joint application for a Devroom at FOSDEM 2013

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

sent! Now all we can do is to keep our fingers crossed so we get the devroom.

cheers,

        Lars

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> Von: Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <lars.sonchocky-helldorf@hamburg.de>
> Datum: 25. September 2012 23:31:39 MESZ
> An: devrooms@fosdem.org
> Betreff: GNUstep/Étoilé/GAP/QuantumSTEP joint application for a Devroom at 
> FOSDEM 2013
> 
> 
> * Devroom name:
> 
>       World of GNUstep - a collaboration of open Objective-C based projects
> 
> 
> * Description:
> 
>       participating projects:
>       
>       - GNUstep
>       
>               GNUstep is a free, object-oriented, cross-platform framework 
> and development environment which aims at Cocoa (formerly OpenStep) API 
> compatibility and is written in Objective-C. 
>               GNUstep provides a robust implementation of the AppKit and 
> Foundation libraries as well as the development tools available on Cocoa, 
> including Gorm (the InterfaceBuilder) and ProjectCenter 
> (ProjectBuilder/Xcode). GNUstep currently supports Unix (GNU/Linux and 
> GNU/HURD, Solaris, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Darwin) and Windows.
>       
>       - Étoilé
>       
>               Étoilé is an innovative GNUstep based user environment designed 
> from the ground up around the things people do with computers: create, 
> collaborate, and learn. 
>               Without implementation details like files and operating-system 
> processes polluting the computer's UI, Étoilé users will be able to:
>       
>               * have revision history for all objects in the system
>               * collaborate with other people on any type of document (text, 
> drawing, code, etc.)
>               * shape their own workflow by combining the provided Services
>               * use a system that is closer to their mental model of how 
> computers should work
>       
>       - GAP - the GNUstep Application Project
>       
>               The GNUstep Application Project provides a comprehensive set of 
> administration and user level tools to make using GNUstep based environments 
> a very pleasant experience. Part of the charter of this project is not only 
> to write new tools, but also to port existing NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Cocoa 
> applications to GNUstep as well.
>       
>       - QuantumSTEP / mySTEP
>       
>               QuantumSTEP is a Mac-like Application Platform that can be 
> installed on existing mobile Linux devices (several Openmoko devices, Zaurus, 
> Letux, ...) aiming at highest level of useage, data and application source 
> code compatibility (to the Macintosh platform) prepared for perfect data 
> exchange and sync.
>       
>       
>       goals:
>       
>       - teach interested developers how to write cross platform applications 
> or port Cocoa applications to Linux BSD and Windows using GNUstep
>       - share news about the latest development and plans on GNUstep
>       - improve collaboration between the several GNUstep related projects
>       - using GNUstep to write applications for mobile devices ((e.g. the new 
> Openmoko GTA04, older Openmoko devices, Beagleboard)
>       - code sprints, hacking, discussing
> 
> 
> * Project URLs:
> 
>       http://gnustep.org/
>       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUstep
>       
>       http://etoileos.com/
>       
>       http://gap.nongnu.org/
>       
>       http://www.quantum-step.com/wiki.php?page=About
>       http://projects.goldelico.com/p/mySTEP/
>       http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/
> 
> 
> * name of the responsible:
> 
>       Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf
> 
> * email:
> 
>       lars.sonchocky-helldorf@hamburg.de
> 
> * relation to the topic:
> 
>       Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf is a community manager for GNUstep
> 
> * Preferred day:
> 
>       [x] Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00
> 
> * Why should FOSDEM accept this proposal?:
> 
>       With the ongoing success of Apple's iOS devices interest in programming 
> for those has grown huge. To a part this is reflected by how Objective-C, the 
> principal language of GNUstep, has become one of the fastest growing 
> programming languages according to 
> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>       
>       What currently still is missing is an free and open source 
> implementation of all of iOS' APIs. Here GNUstep comes into the game.
>       
>       GNUstep here has the pivotal role of offering a free implementation of 
> the Objective-C de-facto standard frameworks "Foundation" (part of Apple's 
> Cocoa and iOS' APIs) and "AppKit" (part of Apple's Cocoa). It enables thereby 
> free and open source application and framework development while maintaining 
> compatibility to recognized industrial solutions.
>       
>       GNUstep continues to support modern Cocoa features, including 
> Objective-C 2.0 with the aid of the GNUstep Objective-C runtime, which 
> supports a number of features not found in the Apple implementation.
>       
>       GNUstep is a good match for FOSDEM since the target audience of GNUstep 
> is developers who want to develop cross platform (Unix, Windows, Mac) GUI or 
> server side applications or command line tools using state of the art object 
> oriented Frameworks.