make it in Europe and we will.. regards, Valentin > -----Original Message----- > From: m.jacob@xxxxxx [mailto:m.jacob@xxxxxx] > Sent: Freitag, 1. November 2002 10:30 > To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [openbeos] Re: BeGeistert 9 from my point of view > > > Fellows, > > I can only second this report! It was my first BeGeistert > after quite some > timeout from everything which had to do with BeOS and I must > admit, that I > felt at home the minute I arrived. BeGeistert has gone a long > way from the first > BeGeistert, back in December 1998, shortly before R4 was > released ;-) and > the mood and spirit of the community hasn't changed since > that time. It was > great to see a lot of people again, whom I've met during the > times when I still > worked for Be. > > If you haven't been there you seriously should consider to > attend the next > event, especially since there are some very promising outlooks for the > beginnig of next year, as far as significant progress in > various OBOS projects - > commercial and open-source alike! I'm looking forward to > whatever will end up on > my harddrive in the future. > > Let's hope for many more BeGeistert events in the future! > > Cheers, > Rossi > > > BeGeistert 9: Bad weather - but a quite good atmosphere > > > > Just to allow everyone, who couldn't attend, to get an idea, > > what they might have missed: a review from my point of view. > > > > *************************************************************** > > > > To the 3 mostly asked qustions > > > > - how many were there > > - what happened > > - what was shown > > > > there is exactly one answer: > > > > quite a lot ;) > > > > BeGeistert 9 had > > > > - with the "French Invasion" (consisting of 10 French in > > 2 cars) the biggest group arriving together. > > > > - with a "Flug-BeGeisterten" ( ???? ) and his 300 $ flight > > probably the most expensive journey. > > > > - with Marcin from Poland and his 12-hour-train-trip > > probably the longest lasting journey. > > > > Altogether there were 50 visitors, most stayed for both. > > > > I noticed, that from the beginning (when it was a hard time to > > guide Chis to the event) to the end > > (after the feared check up of the cash) > > (after doing the dreaded figures) > > the mood was definitely good. > > > > For shure, that the reason for this weren't the problems and > > misunderstandings of a linguistic nature that caused general > > amusement; lots of visitors were really glad to see the faces > > belonging to the guys they knew from email or IRC quite long. > > > > And orders at the Greek for about 106 $ and 200 $ at the pizza- > > taxi also made sure, that both body and soul were kept in spirits. > > > > ********** > > > > Over all there were 5 presentations/talks, and I hope, someone > > else will tell more about the ones I couldn't attend or have > > only followed partly. > > > > ----- > > > > Nicholas Blachford[1], who released Aural illusion[2] for BeOS, > > now works as a software-engineer for Thendic France[3]. > > > > Together with Bertrand Presles und Sebastien Lokhamkhouak, he > > gave a look inside the Pegasos-system[4], currently running with > > the operating system MorphOS[5] > > > > MorphOS is a commercial OS, quite close to AmigaOS 3.9 > > Pegasus is a PPC-machine, currently based on a dual G3/G4 ATX > > motherboard. > > > > This hardware might become interesting to those guys, who want > > a PPC for a BeOS successor. > > > > Petra Struck from the German site Amiga-News[6] made an interview > > (in German) and released some pics[7]. > > > > ----- > > > > Frank Scholl from the German site BeOSonline[8] gave an overview > > on the upcoming changes to this community-site and what can be > > expected from the "Developer Edition" in furure. > > > > After a re-design, the site will not only host German contents, > > but also parts in other languages, AFAIR English, French and > > Dutch were mentioned. > > > > As a transitional edition (available as a burnable image), the > > "Developer Edition" should make it easy for BeOS-newBees to jump > > on board without searching the whole net for drivers and apps. > > Depending on the legal situation, it might evolve to a distribution > > like the ones in the Linux-world. > > > > ------ > > > > >>From the OpenBeOS community, about a dozen guys were there and > > Axel Dörfler und Philippe "I dont sign french" Houdoin talked > > about 45 minutes not only about the project itself, but also the > > network-architecture of OpenBeOS (or whatever it will be called ;) > > Not being a developer, I didn't attend, so I hope someone else > > jumps in to give additional infos if neccessary. > > > > ------ > > > > Stephan Assmus of yellowbites[10] had a 90 minutes presentation > > to the curreent state of Exposer[11] and Coldcut [12]. > > > > Missed it, perhaps someone else wants to tell more ? > > > > ------ > > > > Bernd Korz of YellowTab [13] had a presentation on a pre-release > > of "Zeta" [14], a commercial successor to BeOS. > > > > It is planned to be released as 4 different distributions on CD, > > DVD and Compact Flash, aiming at different groups of users. > > > > The most interesting part _for me_ was the way they implemented > > localisation in Zeta. > > Not only that it seems to make it VERY easy vor developers to > > localize their apps, also the every-day-user seems to get an > > easy way to make changes to his needs or contribute localisation > > for strange languages. > > > > Naturally, there are lots of improvements and innovations compared > > to BeOS R503 - IMHO a product that is worth to have your eyes on. > > > > *********** > > > > Between all the presentations and talks, you could see Chris > > Simmons of BeOSjournal[15] scurrying arroung, picking one or the > > other for an interview that might be released there or aired by > > BeOSradio[16]. > > > > I deeply hope, that not only Chris, but also some others (yes, my > > French friends, I'm pointing at you ;) pull themself together > > und write a review from THEIR point of view - I have attended > > BeGeisterts too often and lots of things are too usual to me to > > mention them for the ninth time ;) > > > > You will find links to the numbers in brackets [] below, and IF > > you have released a review, report or pics about the event, it > > would be nice to send that URL to the BeGeistert-Team [17]. > > > > Apart from that, I hope, that BeGeistert X, April 2003, will see > > as much people having the same fun at the same place. > > > > see you there... > > scholly > > > > ps: > > yes, English is not my mother-tounge but it should be good enough > > to be understood, even if not all jokes come through ;) > > > > ================================================================> > > Footnotes: > > > > [1] http://www.blachford.info/blachtech/index.html > > [2] http://www.blachford.info/blachtech/index.html > > [3] http://www.thendic-france.com/ > > [4] > http://www.thendic-france.com/TECH/GE/products/pegasos/pegasos.htm > > [5] http://www.morphos.de/ > > [6] http://www.amiga-news.de/ > > [7] http://www.amiga-news.de/archiv02/pegasos/index.html > > [8] http://www.beosonline.de/ > > [9] http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/news.php > > [10] http://www.yellowbites.com > > [11] http://www.yellowbites.com/exposer.html > > [12] http://www.yellowbites.com/downloads.html > > [13] http://www.yellowtab.com > > [14] http://www.yellowtab.com > > [15] http://www.beosjournal.org/ > > [16] http://www.beosradio.com > > [17] mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > -- > Marcus "Rossi" Jacob > > Geek Business Affairs Manager > > e-Mail: mailto:m.jacob@xxxxxx > Web: http://jacob.gmxhome.de > ICQ: 19666735 > >