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Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] GNUstep/Étoilé/GAP/QuantumSTEP joint application f


From: David Chisnall
Subject: Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] GNUstep/Étoilé/GAP/QuantumSTEP joint application for a Devroom at FOSDEM 2013
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:50:53 +0100

I plan on attending FOSDEM for the BSD DevRoom and hopefully to give a talk 
about our new CPU.  I wouldn't mind doing the arrive on Thursday, have a nice 
dinner, and hack on Friday thing again this year if other people are around...

David

On 22 Oct 2012, at 10:47, Quentin Mathé wrote:

> Hello Lars,
> 
> I'd be in favor of just meeting informally. We could ask the FOSDEM 
> organizers to get a small GNUstep room just for hacking…
> 
> Cheers,
> Quentin.
> 
> Le 22 oct. 2012 à 00:26, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf a écrit :
> 
>> Bad news: no FOSDEM devroom next year. Now we have to decide if we want to 
>> try to apply for a stand or if we do nothing next year but meet informally 
>> at FOSDEM.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>>      Lars
>> 
>> Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:
>> 
>>> Von: Mark Van den Borre <mark@markvdb.be>
>>> Datum: 21. Oktober 2012 21:23:57 MESZ
>>> An: Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <lars.sonchocky-helldorf@hamburg.de>
>>> Betreff: Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] GNUstep/Étoilé/GAP/QuantumSTEP joint 
>>> application for a Devroom at FOSDEM 2013
>>> 
>>> Hi Lars,
>>> 
>>> I'm sorry to inform you that we declined your devroom proposal.
>>> 
>>> To clarify, your request was perfectly valid, but we had to choose. 
>>> Unfortunately we do not have a sufficient number of rooms at our disposal 
>>> to cover all requests.
>>> 
>>> Nevertheless, there are other ways to participate in FOSDEM too. A call for 
>>> participation will be announced around next week, with opportunities to:
>>> - have a stand at FOSDEM,
>>> - hold a 15 minute 'lightningtalk' in one of the biggest rooms,
>>> - speak in one of the other devrooms.
>>> 
>>> On behalf of the FOSDEM devroom team,
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>> Op 25-09-12 23:31, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf schreef:
>>>> * 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.
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>> devrooms@lists.fosdem.org
>>>> https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/devrooms
>>> 
>> 
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