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CeBIT was (probably still is) the world’s largest IT tradeshow. It is spread across roughly 12 halls and it will take you about 30 mins to walk from one end to the other outside. So big. They have an Open Source Park where various Free Software businesses and projects are represented. Needless to [...] So here is my, now customary, simple review of the year before in KDE. Let’s start with the green blobs (click to enlarge): There is nothing too outlandish about this visualisation so I will leave it stand without comment. Apart from this… Retention of developers appears to be better than previous years, ie the [...] New year, new alpha release; Kolab 2.3 alpha is now released for testing! For users, Kolab 2.3 introduces new mobile synchronisation features in the form of ActiveSync integration and, for packagers, provides improved code modularity for the web client. Detailed information on the release can be found here: Release Notes Upgrading from Kolab 2.2.4 [...] So most of my life these days is taken up by… Every now and then I get asked how I ended up involved with Kolab when I was already so involved with KDE. It has yet to be a surprise to anyone to find out that it is because of my dedication to KDE [...] This is a quick follow-up to my previous blog post regarding the first 1,000,000 commits of KDE and the Apache Software Foundation. During the following discussion it was suggested that the shape of the plot was caused by large number of paid work going on in ASF. So let’s start by looking at the [...] Recently the Apache Software Foundations SVN repository hit the 1,000,000 commit milestone (landmark?). Congratulations to all who participate in the Apache community. You should be proud of what you have achieved. There are very few projects that last so long and survive being so large and so active. In fact, I can think of [...] The people of Free Software are cool. They’re definitely my type of people. Now, I freely admit, I have not met everyone in the Free Software ecosystem. Heck, I don’t even know as many KDE people as I should. But, of those that I have met, the people who care enough to become actively [...] With the big show now only just over two weeks away I wanted to take the time to pimp the programme by talking about the tracks and the talks I am planning to see. Community Community is at the heart of KDE. This year it was particularly popular with many talks being submitted. [...] Earlier, when I said “That is all.” what I meant to say was… … and kudos to Cornelius for all his work in coordinating the eV board’s interaction with the programme committee! That is all. Cheers, dude. You rock! That is all. |
Trained as a software engineer and specialising in process management, Dr. Paul J. Adams has worked in both academia and industry as a researcher and project manager, covering a variety of Free Software-related topics. Today, he is Chief Operating Officer for Kolab Systems AG. In 2009 he worked for Zea Partners conducting research on behalf of the commercial community involved in Zope and Plone development and services. Prior to this he worked as a research and project manager for Sirius Corporation in the UK. Paul graduated in 2004 as a Software Engineer, from the University of Durham, UK. His subsequent doctorate was conducted between 2005 and 2009 from the University of Lincoln. Paul was awarded Chartered IT Professional status, in 2008 and is a full professional member of the British Computer Society (for whom he is co-founder and former chairman of the Open Source Specialist Group), IEEE as well as of KDE e.V.and the Fellowship of the FSFE. |
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