[openbeos] Introduction

 
    I just wanted to introduce myself and say hi.  My name is Gregory Cooper 
and I live in Portland Oregon, US.

    A friend of mine introduced me to the whole Haiku effort and I'm completely 
fascinated.  EVERYTHING about it just makes sense and smells of success, from a 
technical point of view to the licensing.  I have a fairly extensive software 
development background and do most of my work at the application level.  

While I do enjoy writing application-level software I have done some work in 
the past dealing with the nitty-gritty of machine internals (but it's been a 
while and it was on an Amiga). 

Although I do really want to get in and write applications for Haiku/Beos, I 
feel somewhat compelled to offer a helping hand to the Haiku development effort 
itself.   After all, if there is no Haiku then application level software isn't 
of much use!

I am very aware of how difficult an open-source project can be and I want to be 
a useful contributor rather than a drain.  Currently, I am just trying to come 
up to speed with the state of the software, the current development processes, 
and the community.

I am eager to become a participant in this wonderful effort and am looking 
forward to digging in further.  Until I have a better idea about what's going 
on I am hesitant to commit to a piece of the project.  The last thing a project 
like this needs are individuals who commit to things they can't deliver (ahh 
the free-project dilemma).


- Out of curiosity, how "up-to-date" are the status graphs on the Haiku 
web-page to what's in CVS? 



Regards,
  Gregory

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