The thing irks me the most about slashdot is that when they put it up they put it up in a "department" which is really a sarcastic commentary on what the slashdot staff thinks of the story.
The darling posting got this "department" - "from the sure-thing-sweetheart dept." The Sony posting, back in 2010 got this "department" - "from the new-way-of-doing-things dept." I simply don't trust slashdot one bit. Gregory Casamento [email protected] Open Logic Corporation, President/CEO GNUstep Lead Developer On Aug 12, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Luboš Doležel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > cool. I would be pleasantly surprised if the goal is reached, though, without > some publicity. Try Phoronix or Slashdot. > > What would be nice is to show some apps that were ported from OS X to > Linux/Windows, if there are any. > > I have had some limited success with The Unarchiver, I guess the phase of > moon prevented it from crashing yesterday, but it's crashing again today, so > I can't take any screenshots. I must create some minimal test case to > reproduce the error and help get it fixed. > > Luboš > > On 12.8.2013 23:40, Gregory Casamento wrote: >> Goals added. They are tentative. >> >> Greg >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Gregory Casamento >> <[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Open Logic Corporation, President/CEO >> GNUstep Lead Developer >> >> >> On Aug 12, 2013, at 5:20 PM, James Carthew <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
