Goals added. They are tentative. Greg
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Gregory Casamento <[email protected] > wrote: > Thanks for your input, I'll add some goals in the project description as > soon as they become a little more clear. Unfortunately I can't say that > WebKit will be completed at $100,000 because, to be honest, until the > project is actually funded, it's impossible to tell what can be done. I've > tried to keep the goals realistic. At this point, the goal, as stated, is > to get GNUstep fully up to 10.6 and if possible beyond. Given that Apple > is a multi-billion dollar company and we are not I don't think this goal is > out of the question. Over promising can get us into a huge amount of > trouble if we don't deliver. > > Gregory Casamento > [email protected] > Open Logic Corporation, President/CEO > GNUstep Lead Developer > > > On Aug 12, 2013, at 5:20 PM, James Carthew <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm no expert, but I have donated over $1000 to the Star Citizn > kickstarter. They had very clear goals, outlined what they'd do with more > money, and they had video/images of work they had already done which proved > they were serious and capable of delivering goals. > > > > > > On 13 August 2013 07:18, James Carthew <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good idea, but I think some more planning should be added to this. > Usually when kickstarters succeed they have stretch goals and very clear > presentation of what's currently available, and what will be available > after the project succeeds.. You're going to need a lot more media on that > page. My advice would be to throw up screenshots of gnustep applications > running on gnustep and OSX, show a lot of comparisons between the apis, > show people what you're planning to create/work on. Saying fund my idea, > here's the idea isn't enough with Kickstarter. You have to really sell the > idea you want made. Sell a vision. Outline clear goals. Say at $100,000 > Vespucci/Webkit will be completed, at $150,000 System Preferences.app will > support networking, X, and audio configuration etc. Clear goals that show > people what they will get out of it. At least put some videos of gnustep > apps on linux and gnustep apps under osx on there. > > > > > > On 13 August 2013 06:31, Gregory Casamento <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Updated, I added a $2 fee to cover shipping outside the US only because > I suspect it will be a little more expensive. > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Gregory Casamento < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Does it say that? I'll change it if I can. Thanks. > > > > GC > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Am 12.08.2013 um 22:13 schrieb Gregory Casamento: > > > >> Hey guys, I've launched a kickstarter project in the hopes of getting > some time to work exclusively on GNUstep in order to try to address some of > the issues we have surrounding API completeness, documentation issues, > etc..., here it is: > >> > >> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/203272607/gnustep-project > > > > Cool. > > > > But why ship only within US? > > > > I think it is not a problem to get someone to copy CDs inside the EU or > e.g. Australia and ship them out at low cost as a letter to save postage. > > > > BR, > > Nikolaus > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gregory Casamento > > Open Logic Corporation, Principal Consultant > > yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa > > (240)274-9630 (Cell) > > http://www.gnustep.org > > http://heronsperch.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > -- > > Gregory Casamento > > Open Logic Corporation, Principal Consultant > > yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa > > (240)274-9630 (Cell) > > http://www.gnustep.org > > http://heronsperch.blogspot.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > > -- Gregory Casamento Open Logic Corporation, Principal Consultant yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa (240)274-9630 (Cell) http://www.gnustep.org http://heronsperch.blogspot.com
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