Well, thanks for the input Guys. It's the busiest time the list has seen for a while! One thing that is most apparent is that we would all like to keen the project alive, but none of us have the time to do it. I'm surprised that there has been very little activity from the vast student population that uses OSS. Surely in this day and age, active involvement in an OSS project should be paramount in a degree student's portfolio. We have in the past been contacted by various educational establishments regarding the status of the project (check the list), yet none of them have actually bothered to to encourage their students to participate in OSS projects. We need to change the attitude of some of these educational establishments: to view participation in an OSS project as an integral part of the educational (and indeed the qualification) process. I hope that this will actually happen, but I'm not holding my breath.
On a personal note, I've found that on the verge of my 40th birthday, my wide ranging and extensive experience in IT is no longer valued, (try getting a job interview for an IT job at my age & you'll understand). So I'm now forced to re-skill, and to try my hand at another career. I've chosen Horticulture and Garden Design, It's a difficult change, but It least I'm spending much more time out in the open air & enjoying the outside life more than I ever done before. As for KTechLab, If you want the project to continue, I'd suggest that you select (by whatever means) a new project administrator (I'll help handle the project hand-over once that's decided) and recruit as many coders as you can (easier said than done, believe me.) I'd like to thank those that have offered to donate money to the project, however we really need coders, not money. (Unless anyone offers to pay our coders;) Finally, I'd like to thank all of you that contributed to the project, and continue to do so. (Alan, Chitlesh, John et. al.) All the best, as I bow out of IT. Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Ktechlab-devel mailing list Ktechlab-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ktechlab-devel
