Fwd: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] GNUstep/Étoilé/GAP/QuantumSTEP joint application for a Devroom at FOSDEM 2013

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

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

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> 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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