Op 01-02-13 19:34, Evan D. Schoenberg, M.D. schreef: > Adium team and community, > > It's been an amazing decade working with you all to bring from > infancy to awesomeness the world's best multi protocol instant > messaging client. I can't even begin to enumerate our shared > accomplishments, the things I've learned, and the friends I've made > along the way. > > I'm proud to be able to pass the torch of leadership to someone I > know has the skills and drive to continue excellent Adium > development and encourage you all -- and hopefully new collaborators > beside - to do the same. Thijs Alkemade > (http://trac.adium.im/wiki/xnyhps) has agreed to serve as Lead > Developer, and I look forward to watching his progress in the role. > > I love Adium too much to just say "Goodbye and good luck!" even > though, with my first child due in May, I know that it's not just > ophthalmology (http://www.pricevisiongroup.com/fellowships.html) and > Regular Rate and Rhythm Software (http://regularrateandrhythm.com) > that will be demanding my attention soon. (I can't believe that I > first joined Adam Iser and the rest of the young Adium community as > a college sophomore back in 2002 > (http://trac.adium.im/wiki/Adium1xChangelog#Version1.6.4Unofficial) > -- look how far we've all come!) I'm assuming the title of Lead > Developer Emeritus and will continue to be a part of the development > and user community as much as time permits. > > Zac West has made great contributions before and after becoming > co-lead developer in mid-2009. He has recently joined startup > HereLabs (http://herelabs.com) and will be focusing his efforts > there and on Prowl (http://www.prowlapp.com), so is announcing his > retirement from active development, as well. > > My sincere thanks to all of you, with a special shut-out to Eric > Richie (http://trac.adium.im/wiki/edr1084) and Robbie Vehse > (http://trac.adium.im/wiki/Robbie) who have done a fantastic job > keeping Adium moving forward in the past years while my time became > increasingly scarce. > > Best, Evan > >
First of all, I would like to thank Zac and Evan for their great work. I think my contributions to Adium still barely amount to anything compared to the hard work put in by the two of you, creating one of the greatest IM clients that exist today. While I've been a developer for only a short amount of those 10 years, for a much longer time Adium has had a key role in how I keep in touch with the people I care about. I am honored to accept this new role and hope it will help bring back some of Adium's lost momentum. While there are many great people still contributing to Adium with whom I enjoy working very much, we definitely could use more help. So any people interested in contributing to the sexiest open-source project on OS X: please do! Thanks again, and the best of luck in anything you do, Thijs Alkemade
