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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Paul Martz
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 6:09 PM
To: 'osg users'
Subject: RE: [osg-users] OSG -- near futureI'd like to see OSG get some more legitimacy and recognition. When OSG is recognized as a successful product with many users, the size of the OSG community will increase, and as a result, OSG's features, quality, and long-term stability will also increase.
I have three suggestions to increase OSG's legitimacy:
One, as others have mentioned, would be an actual book on a bookshelf. OSG is a project who's time has come, and a book would prove that to the world. I see there's already an extensive thread on this subject, so more on this in another post.
(On a related note, something that would lend almost as much legitimacy to OSG would be published articles in online or print trade magazines. This is something that most anyone in the OSG community could contribute to. It'd spread the word about OSG and would be a boost to the author's career.)
Two, a course or tutorial at SIGGRAPH, GDC, I/ITSEC, IEEE Vis, or a conference along those lines. Maybe a couple OSG-based projects displayed in the Posters section of these conferences. The OSG community has produced a lot of good work; exhibiting this work at a conference would spread the word about OSG (and be a boost to your career).
Three, OSG needs a killer app. An OSG-based application that is both successful and ground breaking would not only help spread the OSG word, but would be a real career-booster to the group that developed it. This experience could then be leveraged in the two areas mentioned above (for example, the developers could exhibit at a conference and/or write an article about the app they developed and how it uses OSG).
The common theme here is that all of these things would promote both OSG itself, as well as the developers who contribute, so there's incentive for all of us to do what we can in these areas.Paul MartzSkew Matrix Software LLC303 859 9466
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