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[DarkWyrm <bpmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>Hello.
>     It is good to see the transition of BeOS to Palm has galvanized the
>community into action.
>
>     My name is Mathew Hounsell. I have a Bachelor of Computer Science from
>the University of Wollongong, Australia ( I am Austalian ). I have been
>programming for 6 years. QBASIC, Liberty Basic, VB ; Euphoria ; C/C++ ; Java
>etc. I am good at C++ and currently work as a Software Engineer for a
>Motorola.
>
>     I'm not sure which part of the OS to work on. So I will work on
>Testing. I would also work on the things like Docs and Management. I propose
>we use inspections. They are proven effective and they are powerful.
>
>     From a technical perspective I would like to see us remove the internal
>coupling from the code so the actual kernel/drivers/graphics system is
>unimportant. I think well defined minimal interfaces will help us progress.
>It would be a shame to develop a world class File System and not support it
>on Linux etc. Hopefully all it would take is  reimplementation of the
>interface.
>
>     Secondly we should start lists for the main development activities and
>keep this as a common general list.
>
>     Thirdly as Copyright is an issue, we can just use the Corporate
>approach of project names. The complete OS : Universe, The kernel : Nucleus,
>AppServer : Carbon. Or Something similar.
>
>     I will see you monday.
Hi there! Glad to see you sign onto the project! I see that you're not really 
sure where to join in, so I will ask - we really could use another coder on 
the Interface Kit/App Kit. Currently, I'm the only coder on it. Erik, IIRC, 
is more of a manager, which is ok, but I can't even dream of taking on both 
kits by myself right now. Testing right now is kinda moot because most of the 
teams are still in the planning stage. Because we're just implementing the 
App Kit at this point, we can dive in pretty much straight away. Would you 
consider joining up?

--DarkWyrm