FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Haiku at Kansai Open Source Conference 2007

[Sikosis <sikosis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Koki,

Just wanted to say I wish you all the best with the event. At least,
Japan is only 1 hour behind my timezone, so tuning into the webcast
shouldn't be an issue.

Gokouun o inorimasu !

Cheers

Sikosis

On Nov 7, 2007 4:35 PM, Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki) <koki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> For those interested in seeing what the Kansai Open Source conference
> and our Haiku booth will look like at this event, I will be attempting a
> short live webcast from Osaka this coming Saturday, Nov. 10. You are all
> welcome to join us. Find all the details here:
>
> http://myhaiku.org/interactive-tv/
>
> Please note that my ability to do the webcast will depend on the
> networking available on site, and there is a chance that it may not
> happen. In that case, I will send out a short email to this list and
> post information on my blog to that effect the day before.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Koki
>
>
> Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki) wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I am making a (business & pleasure) trip to Japan in Nov., and since
> > the timing coincides with the upcoming Kansai Open Source Conference
> > (Nov. 9 & 10 in Osaka, Japan), I am organizing a presence for Haiku at
> > the event.
> >
> > So far I have made arrangements for a Haiku booth, so that Haiku can
> > be demoed on the exhibit floor, and for a track session, for a general
> > Haiku presentation. I will also apply for an "on stage presentation"
> > to do a short 10 minute demo of Haiku.
> >
> > I have additionally hooked up with a freelance writer to do an
> > interview in case any (prominent?) Haiku developer(s) come to the
> > event (potential publications for this interview are Software Design
> > magazine, UNIX USER magazine or MYCOM Journal).
> >
> > I have already invited the JPBE.net folks and several Haiku devs to
> > join me in this event, and I wanted to extend this invitation to all
> > the Haiku devs as well enthusiasts out there who may want to be part
> > of this initiative (no, I am not paying for any of your expenses :P ).
> > Anybody interested, feel free to reply here on the list.
> >
> > Since a Haiku admin recently wrote on this list that a "request (for
> > funds) can very well come from an outside source like a mailing list"
> > (www.freelists.org/archives/openbeos/08-2007/msg00121.html), I also
> > take the liberty to ask Haiku Inc. and/or the admin team to consider
> > subsidizing at least part of the travel expenses should any Haiku
> > dev(s) come(s) forward and decide(s) to take fly to Osaka.
> >
> > Kansai Open Source is held once a year in Osaka, and it draws a crowd
> > of approximately 1.5K people. The event has booths for both businesses
> > and volunteer projects, session tracks, on-stage presentations, and
> > BoFs. I have done the conference once in 2005 with Bruno/BGA and
> > several JPBE.net folks), and it was a lot of fun. We had a booth,
> > Bruno gave an OpenBFS presentation (attendance was about 20 people),
> > and I gave a ZETA demo on stage. You can see few pictures and links to
> > videos here:
> >
> > http://www.jpbe.net/news/archives/2004/10/000769.html
> >
> > You can see a few pics from last year's conference here:
> >
> > http://bluequartz.org/event/kof2006/index.html
> > http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20061120/254228/?ST=oss&P=2
> >
> > If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Koki
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>