Re: OSCon proposal

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi all,

For your information, this presentation was accepted! Yay! Looking
forward to getting input closer to the date on things I should be
talking about.

Cheers,
Dave.

Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have submitted a proposal for OSCon 2009 on GNOME Mobile:
> 
> "GNOME Mobile"
> 
> Summary:
> GNOME Mobile is a collection of community projects which are at the
> heart of an increasing number of mobile Linux platforms. We will present
> the genesis of the initiative, the state of the art, and our plans for
> the project, as we become increasingly relevant to free software mobile
> developers.
> 
> Abstract:
> As Linux is increasingly adopted on mobile and embedded platforms,
> numerous rich application frameworks have emerged. Many are heavily
> proprietary frame-buffer based, but increasingly, free software-based
> frameworks are emerging as heavyweights in the domain.
> 
> Technologies which have grown from the GNOME project, such as GTK+,
> Clutter, and D-Bus, are at the heart of many of these free software
> based frameworks. Through the GNOME Mobile initiative, we encourage
> collaboration on common desktop components which are used in the
> embedded and mobile space, and ensure that the needs of embedded
> developers are central to the design of these components.
> 
> We will present the genesis of the initiative, an overview of the
> distributions and devices which ship with these GNOME technologies at
> their core, and will highlight some of our priorities for the project in
> the near future.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave.
> 

-- 
Dave Neary
GNOME Foundation member
dneary gnome org