Re: Fruit basket project
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:30:48 -0500 (EST)
Hi Andreas,
That may be worth trying if we can find someone who will set it up,
manage the accounts and guidelines, etc. Is that something your team
could do?
I am looking forward to checking out some of the projects you've been
working on.
Jamal
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Andreas Stefik wrote:
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:40:05 -0700
> From: Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Fruit basket project
>
> Jamal,
>
> What about converting over the fruit basket to a Wiki style format? This
> might allow anyone interested to contribute what they want whenever they
> have time.
>
> For example, my academic team here is going to announce some blind
> programming projects soon (that recently went open source --- more later),
> and it would be nice to put some work on fruitbasket without having to
> maintain the entire the thing.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Andreas
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I have discussed this with Inthane off line. He took over the project
> > from Eunice a few years ago and helped it become a reality on the web.
> > Due to various circumstances now, he would be glad to turn it over to
> > someone who can devote the time to keep it current. He has plenty of
> > space on his server, so keeping the location of
> > http://FruitBasketDemo.AlacornComputer.com
> >
> > is an option. If someone has his or her own server space and would find
> > it easier to host the project there, that is another option. Hosting the
> > project basically means collecting and posting fruit basket
> > sample programs from anyone who wants to demonstrate an implementation of
> > the common criteria in a particular combination of programming language,
> > libraries, and platform. Even if a technology combination has been used
> > before, someone else can feel free to do another version in their own
> > style. The purpose is to offer ways that blind programmers can evaluate
> > development approaches from various standpoints-- e.g., accessibility of
> > the GUI, readability of the code, size of the distribution -- via a
> > simple, but nontrivial GUI program that essentially does the same things.
> >
> > Is anyone interested in taking over the fruit basket project?
> >
> > Jamal
> >
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