[interfacekit] Fwd: RE: Fwd: Joining the team

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>Yes, definitely.  Please use cartucho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Erik Jakowatz [mailto:erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:49 PM
>To: lazc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Joining the team
>
>Hey Lazaro,
>
>I'm Erik Jakowatz, the interface kit lead.  Michael thinks you might be 

>a good fit for us, so I'd like to give you a rough overview of what 
>we're about.
>
>As you may know, we're responsible for not only the interface kit, but 
>also the app kit and app_server.  It's a really large and hairy chunk 
of
>
>the system, so we're taking a "by the book" approach to it -- fully 
>documenting our design, full set of unit tests, that sort of thing.  
You
>
>can get a better idea by checking out the IK team process doc at
>
>http://bephotomagic.virtualave.net/openbeos/IKProcess.txt
>
>If this sounds like your cup of tea, it'd be great to have you on 
board.
>
> BTW, is there a particular address you prefer of these three:
>
>lazc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>lazc2k@xxxxxxxxxxx
>cartucho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>The team has a mailing list that I'll subscribe you to if you decide 
you
>
>want to join us. =)
>
>e
>
>>Erik - this sounds like a good guy to help you.
>>
>>>*    Do you want to program or do non-technical work such as
>>>documentation, graphics, etc? 
>>>Definitely program.
>>>*    What are you skills? Experience? Are you a newbie or hardened
>>>veteran? 
>>>In the middle, I've done projects with other people, but not to the 
>are of
>>>Kernel development. I know C and C++ but from the windows platform. I 

>have
>>>recently started playing around in linux.  I have a laptop Thinkpad 
>T21 with
>>>BeOS and Linux installed.  I loved Be since I saw their PR9 on a Mac, 

>and
>>>then when I was able to install it in Intel, I was elated, but I soon 

>find
>>>out how terrible it was not having drivers for it, waiting to have be 

>come
>>>out with updates.  I had trouble installing Be on my thinkpad, 
because
>
>as it
>>>stands right now it does not boot of a dvd drive(which is what comes 
>with
>>>Thinkpad T21) and would love to see that change.  I would just need a 

>little
>>>training on some of the items like cvs and gcc and the like.
>>>*    What part of the project would you like to work on? (see
>listings
>>>below) 
>>>I would like to work with the App_Kit and Network_Kit
>>>*    Are you interested only in a particular component, or are you
>>>willing to take assignments for various needed items? 
>>>I'm willing to take assignments for various items.
>>>*    How much time are you able to put into the project? 
>>>At least 2 hours a day or more.
>>>
>>>     I already have an account at sourceforge it is
>>>lazc2k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  
>>>     I would appreciate the opportunity to contribute to what I
>believe
>>>will be a future for the BeOS.
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>
>>>Lazaro Cubas
>>>You can reach me at any and all of these e-mail addresses.
>>>lazc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>lazc2k@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>cartucho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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