I'm interested. We (=Phatch developers) are considering experimenting with this.
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Nathan Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'd like to suggest a topic for a panel discussion session at LGM -- Open > Source Graphics and the Web App. Jon Phillips touched on this topic in his > talk last year in Montreal; I'm interested in asking some specific questions > that relate to how the FOSS graphics suite can or should react to the RIA > movement (which is mostly non-free). In addition to Picnik and the other > well-known services, Google Docs just added a Drawing app, so it isn't going > away. > > Specifically, some of the key points I think there could be good discussion > on are: > * Are the open source RIA frameworks good enough to facilitate building open > source graphics Web apps? If not, what do they lack? > * Should open source projects pursue writing a web front-end in parallel to > their existing desktop code. or is it best left to new/different projects? > * Can hosted services based on open source graphics code be used to generate > funding for the projects involved? > * Can hosted services based on open source graphics be used to attract new > users to the desktop application suite, or, arguably more importantly, > attract new developers? > * Is there any "low hanging fruit" or project spaces currently unserved by > the closed-source hosted services that would be ripe for a motivated open > source project to pursue? > > So I'd really like to know if anyone would be interested in participating in > such a panel. I'm only proposing that I'd moderate the session; I may have > one or two points to chime in on but the idea is to let the developer crowd > talk. Similarly, does anyone have any related questions that it would be > good to debate at the meeting? > > I know it's a little out there, probably more about open questions than > about providing answers, but I think the discussion could be really good. I > definitely know there are some interesting things in the "currently > unserved" space, and I'm real curious what consensus is on the frameworks > and on the financial theories. > > Thanks, > Nate > -- > nathan.p.willis > [email protected] > aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis > identi.ca/n8 > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > -- Phatch Photo Batch Processor - http://photobatch.stani.be SPE Python IDE - http://pythonide.stani.be _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
