On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 19:34:29 -0500, stephane richard srichard@adaworld.com wrote:
I guess I should specify the real reason why I didn't make a move forward towards head honchoe (however you spell it). Main reason is I believe the head honchoe should either have an OS4 machine and/or access to an OS4 machine. I have neither of those, although I plan on having an AmigaOne, it's not planned for the very near future. All I have is an emulator (winuae) and OS 3.1 (apparently, the emulator I use can handle up to 3.9 but I don't have those images).
So I don't think that makes me a leading authority on Amiga technology ;-). Also the last time I coded anything in Amiga was about 12 years ago. Wasn't a bad project, but wasn't in C++....Speaking of, what C++ compiler is to be used for this project? is the compiler available for OS 3.1 too?
The Project Lead doesn't have to be a programmer. They do have to be a facilitator. Can you organize and prioritize tasks? Are you able to effectivly deligate authority? Yes, they have to have a certian amount of knowledge. You know what OpenOffice.org (the software) is, right? If not, Grab one of the ports and try it out. You don't have an A1 and OS4, but you know what it is, right? You must have read articles on it and or seen some post about it. Maybe tried it at a show. Some management knowledge would be good too. Know what a Gant Chart is? Not to mention managaing resources and listening to others.
I've followed this since it was first mentioned on AmigaWorld.net. At first I thought it was just some fanciful community dreaming. It's been seen before, posts of "oo, oo, this should be ported" or "Wouldn't it be great if the Amiga had this. The source what just released". It looked to be dying down, then EntilZha created a poll about interest in starting a port project. Now here we are. I'm here as I feel this is one of the more important projects for the Amiga. It's right up there with Amiga OS 4.0. OpenOffice.org is something that is very much needed on the platform. Not for what it is but for what the project can do for the community. I see it as part of a revitilization effort. I'm not here just because it's important and I want to be a part of that. If this gets completed, and I'll try hell or high water to see that it is no matter my capacity in the project, it will not only bring a known mainstream office suite to the platform but prove that such projects are not impossible. I see people look at the AmiZilla project and scoff or laugh. They think it's impossible or too hard to do properly. I hope that this project can encourage other projects, porting or homegrown. I just think that people will just give up if this project and the Amizilla project fail to bare fruit. Here I was just going to lurk as usual, maybe pipe in here or there from time to time. Not really sure where I could help out. I only started post because I was getting pissed that people were talking about "what do we call it?" and logos. The the programmers stopped posting about weither they should use CVS or try porting SVN. The list got dominated by carriage before the horse topics. We were getting nowhere fast. Now, here I am on a poll for Project Lead. Funny how things happen. This is why I normally keep my big mouth shut.