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Re: [Chicken-users] We are looking for projects
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Mario Domenech Goulart |
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Re: [Chicken-users] We are looking for projects |
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Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:07:04 +0000 |
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Hi Felix
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:43:00 +0200 (CEST) Felix Winkelmann <address@hidden>
wrote:
> As some of you already know, I'm currently working for bevuta IT GmbH,
> a software-development company located in Cologne, Germany. It is the
> first time that I have been able to create software on a professional
> basis using CHICKEN as a critical and fundamental part of real
> end-user applications.
That's very nice!
> We are currently in the finalizing steps of a large project for mobile
> platforms (Android + iOS), which mainly uses CHICKEN and Erlang.
> Unfortunately there is no follow-up project yet in sight, which means
> that the company would have to lay off some employees unless we find
> something to do very soon. This would be a shame, since such a measure
> would tear apart a dedicated and effective team of developers.
That would trully be a shame.
> We have extensive experience with CHICKEN, Clojure, other Lisps,
> Objective-C, Android, iOS, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JS/Web, C, Erlang,
> VoIP/SIP/telephony and a little hardware-engineering. So far we were
> fully responsible for complete projects, but we are also able to offer
> development-resources as needed, for example on a contracting basis.
>
> This project also was a serious test for running CHICKEN on Android
> and iOS and we are very pleased with the results, regarding
> performance, stability and convenience. A number of
> extension-libraries and patches to the core system have been produced
> during the work on this project and are made available here:
>
> https://github.com/organizations/chicken-mobile
Do you think the android and iOS bits could be merged into the canonical
chicken-core repository? That would be super nice. People ask about
android/iOS support quite frequently.
> I would be extremely grateful for any hints or recommendations about
> possible jobs for us. Or perhaps keep an eye and an ear open for an
> opportunity. A bunch of motivated and productive programmers would be
> very happy about a new assignment.
I for one will keep eyes and ears wide open and will notify you in case
something shows up.
Thanks for announcing it here.
Best wishes.
Mario
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