On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, David Lyon wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've briefly looked into this a little more....
>
> There are some linux magazines calling for articles... there are opportunities
> to get articles published on all the interesting things that can be done with
> Lazarus/fpc... (mac/phones?/linux/opengl) etc..
If enough people ask, maybe Linux Journal would FINALLY consider
publishing an article about Lazarus.
I have been actively publishing in a german magazine (Toolbox) about lazarus
since years, literally hundreds of pages. Work has started on a book about
Lazarus.
> I also think it would be a good idea to approach the Delphi sites (Torry, etc)
> and have them set up a Lazarus section on their sites... I think this would
> have a huge impact as Delphi programmers would undoubtedly stumble across
> Lazarus and be in their faces so to speak in a way that it hasn't been so far.
You'd need to give a list of components which work with Lazarus;
An empty section is useless.
>
> There are a number of Linux Trade shows around the world that we could put
> stands at for less cost than say cebit. The idea there is to give a cd and
> handout with a version of Lazarus for all the major platforms so people can
> get a taste of what it is all about.
Lazarus will be at Systems this year (as it was last year). The booth is
for free.
>
> Finally, if enough people are europe based, we should organise a f2f get
> together at some point. This might be a 2 or three day get-together once per
> year. These things are always a lot of fun.
>
> I can't do this all alone and I would need some help. But I believe these
> things should be achievable.
If a foundation is set up, it could help in organizing this kind of thing.
That would be it's primary purpose.
I'm currently following up on a contact G. Colla gave me, to see if we
can have a lawyer review a charter and will report as soon as there is
anything to report.
Michael.
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