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Subject: [haiku] Re: Announcement: Two new development contracts!
From: Jerry Babione <jerry.babione () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-08-21 12:28:46
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On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Sean Collins <smc.collins@comcast.net>wrote:
> Matt Madia wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > For anyone that doesn't visit the website frequently, I'm pleased to
> > announce two new development contracts!
> >
> > > From http://www.haiku-os.org/news/**2012-08-20_two_contractors_**
> > each_two_months<http://www.haiku-os.org/news/2012-08-20_two_contractors_each_two_months>:
> >
> > Two contractors, each for two months!
> > ------------------------------**-------
> > That's right -- Oliver Tappe and Ingo Weinhold have been accepted for
> > individual contracts![1, 2] Each of them will be working for two 160
> > hour periods. That adds up to an additional 640 hours of dedicated
> > HAIKU development time for a total cost of €8,000 EUR. The area of
> > focus will be Haiku's package management. (See "A brief summary of
> > HAIKU's package management"[3] for an explanation of how package
> > management will work.)
> >
> > Hopefully, these contracts will start in Dec. 2012. Given the delay
> > between this announcement and the expected start date, there will be
> > another reminder upon the actual start of the contracts. (Or if
> > something unexpected comes up, an announcement for that.)
> >
> > As both expect to start at the same time, this could be a tremendous
> > productivity boost. Not only will they both have the opportunity to
> > dedicate large blocks of time specifically for developing Haiku, but
> > each of them will be working on the same project! Both of their minds
> > would be in tune with their immediate tasks at hand and the larger
> > picture. That would make bouncing ideas (and obstacles) off of each
> > other that much more effective. It is specifically the nature of
> > Haiku, Inc.'s contracts that fosters this type of cooperative
> > development in a for-pay scenario. Instead of simply rewarding the
> > completion of a product (without care for the implementation or the
> > implications of future works), these contracts allow the developers
> > to ensure their contribution is implemented with the future of the
> > project in mind.
> >
> > As there are over 2,000 open tickets for R1[4], there clearly are
> > numerous areas of Haiku that are in need of improvement. However, so
> > long as the contract proposals are for R1 items, it is not the
> > practice of Haiku, Inc. to give preferential treatment to particular
> > projects. Haiku, Inc. is always interested in receiving contract
> > proposals.
> >
> > If you appreciate these contracts and want to see additional
> > contracts to accelerate the development of HAIKU R1, then spread the
> > word and donate today[5]!
> >
> >
> > 1: http://www.freelists.org/post/**haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-**
> > Package-Management,7<http://www.freelists.org/post/haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-Package-Management,7>
> >
> > 2: http://www.freelists.org/post/**haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-**
> > Package-Management,9<http://www.freelists.org/post/haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-Package-Management,9>
> >
> > 3: https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/**mmadia/2012-08-20_brief_**
> > summary_haikus_package_**management<https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/mmadia/2012-08-20_brief_summary_haikus_package_management>
> >
> > 4: http://dev.haiku-os.org/query?**status=!closed&milestone=R1<http://dev.haiku-os.org/query?status=%21closed&milestone=R1>
> >
> > 5: http://www.haiku-inc.org/**donations.html<http://www.haiku-inc.org/donations.html>
> >
> >
> > --mmadia
> >
> >
> >
> >
> This is excelent news, I saw this on the list a few days ago and was
> happily surprised.
>
> Congrats to Haiku inc. What type of obligation monetarily would Ingo &
> Oliver need to consider a longer contract period to push for beta ? Having
> a funding goal would help with soliciting for donations. Still excellent
> news !
>
> Sean
>
>
Verry Good News.
--
Jerry Babione
Founder-Just Plain Folks Org. Inc.
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Sean Collins <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:smc.collins@comcast.net" \
target="_blank">smc.collins@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Matt Madia wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hello!<br>
<br>
For anyone that doesn't visit the website frequently, I'm pleased to<br>
announce two new development contracts!<br>
<br>
>From <a href="http://www.haiku-os.org/news/2012-08-20_two_contractors_each_two_months" \
target="_blank">http://www.haiku-os.org/news/<u></u>2012-08-20_two_contractors_<u></u>each_two_months</a> \
:<br> <br>
Two contractors, each for two months!<br>
------------------------------<u></u>-------<br>
That's right -- Oliver Tappe and Ingo Weinhold have been accepted for<br>
individual contracts![1, 2] Each of them will be working for two 160<br>
hour periods. That adds up to an additional 640 hours of dedicated<br>
HAIKU development time for a total cost of €8,000 EUR. The area of<br>
focus will be Haiku's package management. (See "A brief summary of<br>
HAIKU's package management"[3] for an explanation of how package<br>
management will work.)<br>
<br>
Hopefully, these contracts will start in Dec. 2012. Given the delay<br>
between this announcement and the expected start date, there will be<br>
another reminder upon the actual start of the contracts. (Or if<br>
something unexpected comes up, an announcement for that.)<br>
<br>
As both expect to start at the same time, this could be a tremendous<br>
productivity boost. Not only will they both have the opportunity to<br>
dedicate large blocks of time specifically for developing Haiku, but<br>
each of them will be working on the same project! Both of their minds<br>
would be in tune with their immediate tasks at hand and the larger<br>
picture. That would make bouncing ideas (and obstacles) off of each<br>
other that much more effective. It is specifically the nature of<br>
Haiku, Inc.'s contracts that fosters this type of cooperative<br>
development in a for-pay scenario. Instead of simply rewarding the<br>
completion of a product (without care for the implementation or the<br>
implications of future works), these contracts allow the developers<br>
to ensure their contribution is implemented with the future of the<br>
project in mind.<br>
<br>
As there are over 2,000 open tickets for R1[4], there clearly are<br>
numerous areas of Haiku that are in need of improvement. However, so<br>
long as the contract proposals are for R1 items, it is not the<br>
practice of Haiku, Inc. to give preferential treatment to particular<br>
projects. Haiku, Inc. is always interested in receiving contract<br>
proposals.<br>
<br>
If you appreciate these contracts and want to see additional<br>
contracts to accelerate the development of HAIKU R1, then spread the<br>
word and donate today[5]!<br>
<br>
<br>
1: <a href="http://www.freelists.org/post/haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-Package-Management,7" \
target="_blank">http://www.freelists.org/post/<u></u>haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-<u></u>Package-Management,7</a><br>
2: <a href="http://www.freelists.org/post/haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-Package-Management,9" \
target="_blank">http://www.freelists.org/post/<u></u>haiku-inc/Contract-Proposal-<u></u>Package-Management,9</a><br>
3: <a href="https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/mmadia/2012-08-20_brief_summary_haikus_package_management" \
target="_blank">https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/<u></u>mmadia/2012-08-20_brief_<u></u>summary_haikus_package_<u></u>management</a><br>
4: <a href="http://dev.haiku-os.org/query?status=%21closed&milestone=R1" \
target="_blank">http://dev.haiku-os.org/query?<u></u>status=!closed&milestone=R1</a><br>
5: <a href="http://www.haiku-inc.org/donations.html" \
target="_blank">http://www.haiku-inc.org/<u></u>donations.html</a><br> <br>
<br>
--mmadia<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div>
This is excelent news, I saw this on the list a few days ago and was happily \
surprised.<br> <br>
Congrats to Haiku inc. What type of obligation monetarily would Ingo & Oliver \
need to consider a longer contract period to push for beta ? Having a funding goal \
would help with soliciting for donations. Still excellent news !<span \
class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
Sean<br>
<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br>Verry Good News.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jerry \
Babione<br>Founder-Just Plain Folks Org. Inc.<br>
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