Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC Day 1 recap

[Sense Hofstede <sense ubuntu com>]

Good to give a summary of the day! It's nice to have this, especially
because it makes it easier for news blogs/sites to link and cite us.

I did replace 'Java coding' with 'JavaScript' as Java is not a
webstandard, but a complete programming language with its own virtual
machines and interfaces. Luis was referring to JavaScript.

The photos are a nice addition. Who made them? They look really good!

Regards,
On 28 July 2010 19:23, William from Texas <williamfromtexas gmail com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have posted a short recap of GUADEC Day 1 to our Announcements. Full text
> below!
> See you tomorrow ~~
>
> http://guadec.org/index.php/guadec/2010/announcement/view/23
>
> ---
>
> GUADEC Day 1
>
> July 28, The Hague -  GUADEC 2010, the annual GNOME User and Developer
> European Conference, kicked off with a keynote speech by Mozilla lawyer Luis
> Villa. Mr Villa encouraged GNOME to embrace the web, saying that in the
> struggle between web and desktop, the web has come out on top. Why? Because
> the web is a powerful, reliable, cheap, available and a constantly improving
> application platform. This should be a wake-up call for developers of the
> GNOME desktop suite to design their applications to web standards, including
> using HTML 5, CSS-like and Java coding when building or rewriting code.
>
> Mr Villa said that GNOME's cultural values are winning while GNOME code
> needs to focus on integration with the Internet. He emphasized that
> community, problem solving abilities and freedom are clear strengths of
> GNOME, while the development culture should adapt to the new challenges of a
> web-centric computing model.
>
> Another important presentation was given by Vincent Untz, member of the
> GNOME 3 release team. Mr Untz announced that the target release for GNOME 3
> has been set for March 2011, with a beta release in September 2010. Concern
> was raised by some developers in the audience that work would be difficult
> leading up to both the v3.0-beta and simultaneous v2.32 September release.
> There has been much advancement in the 8 years since the release of GNOME 2,
> and v3.0 has been highly anticipated for some time already. "Isn't it a bit
> late?" was another concern that he addressed, saying that as a full platform
> revamp there was no reason to rush the release.
>
> One significant feature of the conference this year is the webstreaming of
> all 3 session rooms. GUADEC sponsor Flumotion implemented the setup using
> WebM, and GUADEC 2010 marks the first major event in the world to use this
> technology. The streams can be viewed directly from the GUADEC homepage, or
> by pasting the below links into your WebM-compatible media player. See this
> compatibility chart for more information. (gnome.org)
> * Room 1 (Paris):
> http://live1.guadec.stream.flumotion.com/guadec/live1.webm.m3u
> * Room 2 (Copenhagen):
> http://live2.guadec.stream.flumotion.com/guadec/live2.webm.m3u
> * Room 3 (Seville):
> http://live3.guadec.stream.flumotion.com/guadec/live3.webm.m3u
>
>
> All in all, the day was busy with a flood of information and large numbers
> of excited hackers. Day 2 promises to be even better! Check the schedule to
> see what talks you will want to attend.
>
> Don't forget about the Canonical Party at 20:00 at Le Paris tonight. Map is
> here.
> Tomorrow will be the Collabora Beach BBQ Party at 19:00 at the Beach
> Company. You can find more information at the registration desk!
>
> Send GUADEC an email at guadec-list gnome org
> Join GUADEC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/GUADEC
> Follow the GUADEC Twitter channel: http://twitter.com/#search?q=guadec
> GUADEC 2010 Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guadec2010
>
> ---
>



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