[openbeos] Introduction
- From: "Cooper, Greg" <greg_cooper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:03:26 -0700
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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