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Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project
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Gregory Casamento |
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Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project |
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Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:33:02 -0400 |
The thing irks me the most about slashdot is that when they put it up they put
it up in a "department" which is really a sarcastic commentary on what the
slashdot staff thinks of the story.
The darling posting got this "department" - "from the sure-thing-sweetheart
dept."
The Sony posting, back in 2010 got this "department" - "from the
new-way-of-doing-things dept."
I simply don't trust slashdot one bit.
Gregory Casamento
greg.casamento@gmail.com
Open Logic Corporation, President/CEO
GNUstep Lead Developer
On Aug 12, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Luboš Doležel <lubos@dolezel.info> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> cool. I would be pleasantly surprised if the goal is reached, though, without
> some publicity. Try Phoronix or Slashdot.
>
> What would be nice is to show some apps that were ported from OS X to
> Linux/Windows, if there are any.
>
> I have had some limited success with The Unarchiver, I guess the phase of
> moon prevented it from crashing yesterday, but it's crashing again today, so
> I can't take any screenshots. I must create some minimal test case to
> reproduce the error and help get it fixed.
>
> Luboš
>
> On 12.8.2013 23:40, Gregory Casamento wrote:
>> Goals added. They are tentative.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Gregory Casamento
>> <greg.casamento@gmail.com <mailto:greg.casamento@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your input, I'll add some goals in the project
>> description as soon as they become a little more clear.
>> Unfortunately I can't say that WebKit will be completed at $100,000
>> because, to be honest, until the project is actually funded, it's
>> impossible to tell what can be done. I've tried to keep the goals
>> realistic. At this point, the goal, as stated, is to get GNUstep
>> fully up to 10.6 and if possible beyond. Given that Apple is a
>> multi-billion dollar company and we are not I don't think this goal
>> is out of the question. Over promising can get us into a huge
>> amount of trouble if we don't deliver.
>>
>> Gregory Casamento
>> greg.casamento@gmail.com <mailto:greg.casamento@gmail.com>
>> Open Logic Corporation, President/CEO
>> GNUstep Lead Developer
>>
>>
>> On Aug 12, 2013, at 5:20 PM, James Carthew <jcarthew@gmail.com
>> <mailto:jcarthew@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm no expert, but I have donated over $1000 to the Star Citizn
>> kickstarter. They had very clear goals, outlined what they'd do with
>> more money, and they had video/images of work they had already done
>> which proved they were serious and capable of delivering goals.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 13 August 2013 07:18, James Carthew <jcarthew@gmail.com
>> <mailto:jcarthew@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > Good idea, but I think some more planning should be added to
>> this. Usually when kickstarters succeed they have stretch goals and
>> very clear presentation of what's currently available, and what will
>> be available after the project succeeds.. You're going to need a lot
>> more media on that page. My advice would be to throw up screenshots
>> of gnustep applications running on gnustep and OSX, show a lot of
>> comparisons between the apis, show people what you're planning to
>> create/work on. Saying fund my idea, here's the idea isn't enough
>> with Kickstarter. You have to really sell the idea you want made.
>> Sell a vision. Outline clear goals. Say at $100,000 Vespucci/Webkit
>> will be completed, at $150,000 System Preferences.app will support
>> networking, X, and audio configuration etc. Clear goals that show
>> people what they will get out of it. At least put some videos of
>> gnustep apps on linux and gnustep apps under osx on there.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 13 August 2013 06:31, Gregory Casamento
>> <greg.casamento@gmail.com <mailto:greg.casamento@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > Updated, I added a $2 fee to cover shipping outside the US only
>> because I suspect it will be a little more expensive.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Gregory Casamento
>> <greg.casamento@gmail.com <mailto:greg.casamento@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > Does it say that? I'll change it if I can. Thanks.
>> >
>> > GC
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
>> <hns@goldelico.com <mailto:hns@goldelico.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Am 12.08.2013 um 22:13 schrieb Gregory Casamento:
>> >
>> >> Hey guys, I've launched a kickstarter project in the hopes of
>> getting some time to work exclusively on GNUstep in order to try to
>> address some of the issues we have surrounding API completeness,
>> documentation issues, etc..., here it is:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/203272607/gnustep-project
>> >
>> > Cool.
>> >
>> > But why ship only within US?
>> >
>> > I think it is not a problem to get someone to copy CDs inside the
>> EU or e.g. Australia and ship them out at low cost as a letter to
>> save postage.
>> >
>> > BR,
>> > Nikolaus
>> >
>
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- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, (continued)
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, James Carthew, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, James Carthew, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Gregory Casamento, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Gregory Casamento, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Luboš Doležel, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Riccardo Mottola, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Gregory Casamento, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Germán Arias, 2013/08/13
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Gregory Casamento, 2013/08/13
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- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Gregory Casamento, 2013/08/12
- Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Gregory Casamento, 2013/08/12
Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Abhi Beckert, 2013/08/13
Re: GNUstep Kickstarter Project, Luboš Doležel, 2013/08/13