All of that having been said.. I have submitted a story… Please vote it up:
http://slashdot.org/submission/2872815/gnustep-kickstarter-campaign-launched Gregory Casamento [email protected] Open Logic Corporation, President/CEO GNUstep Lead Developer On Aug 12, 2013, at 6:33 PM, Gregory Casamento <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
