2009/11/26 Simon Funnell <[email protected]> > > Hi, > > I thought I would let people know a little about me, I am heavily influenced > by open source principles however my inexperience of open source development > politics in practice means I am floating a little. I am available for the > next six weeks so can, and want to, work on James full time, at least > equivalent to a £6,000 donation to the project (granted you have to spend it > with me, but its all I can give at present). I would like to see James > improved because the business I am starting next year requires certain > things, particularly deployable mail applications (noted on the wiki). This > means that I will personally continue to contribute to James in the long > term, but to a lesser extent next year. If the business is successful then > the business will contribute to James. James will go into service for this > business in April where it will be used lightly until September, use will > rise significantly from there after.
That's cool! The JAMES project desperately need some new contributor and some evolution, so you're welcome! Just take in mind that most developers with good knowledge of JAMES here are a lot busy, so if I can give you a personal suggestion: 1) Keep your messages short to the point. Critical stuff first, once you have answers to critical stuff you ask trivial stuff. 2) Better subjects/threads usage: the subject should be a good summary of the message goal. Most people here will only open a message after reading the subject and understanding what the message is about. Also try to avoid html email (we are old style and use text plain as much as possibile) and try to use threads (reply when the topic didn't change instead of creating new messages). > My biggest interest is improving the runtime management, as touched on above > (deployable mail applications), especially for September. > > I started working life as a mechanical engineer primarily making tools for > the production lines of electronic device components. I left that to do music > and sound engineering at college but but found web design and software > engineering would actually give me a living. I have been working on some > interesting projects over the last 7 years, related to software, but > difficult to discuss. While doing this I have also been working on three > books, essentially philosophy on metaphysics (my magnum opus), economics and > artificial intelligence. I am 33, live in the UK and work wise consider > myself a social entrepreneur. I am a Taoist and have a degree in martial > arts, my long term aim is to open an academy of learning. I have used James > for many years and regularly recommended it to others. > > Due to my immediate availability some guidance on the way forward would be > welcome so I can align my efforts with the current objectives. If the release > date for version 3 is sometime next year I will be able help significantly. I > realise people have responsibilities so look forward to responses when these > are taken care of. > > Thanks for your time, > > Simon You are a very interesting person and I'm sure your contribution will be very helpful for the project! My opinion is that you should checkout james trunk as it is almost a new product when compared to 2.3.x and there are big ongoing refactorings (Norman's trying to finally get rid of Avalon). Check out it, and try to run it.. report bugs and patches. Stefano --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
