Hello Haiku fans,
The Haiku Projcet is glad to announce the first Haiku Code Drive, a
program designed to raise funds from the community in order to sponsor
students to produce code for Haiku.
The Haiku Code Drive 2008 program specifically targets students that
applied for Haiku but could not make it into the Google Summer of Code.
They will be offering them a U$2,500 stipend per successfully completed
project. You can check out the candidate projects here:
http://www.haiku-os.org/community/haiku-code-drive-2008/applications
Here is an overview of the Haiku Code Drive 2008:
http://www.haiku-os.org/community/haiku-code-drive-2008
This is a community-funded program. Therefore, how many students we can
sponsor will depend on the generosity of all the Haiku fans out there.
The community will also get to influence where the funds go, as the
students will be chosen by means of a public poll.
They know that many long time followers and lurkers as well as newcomers
to our project have been waiting for a good reason to donate to Haiku.
They are hoping that the community will grab this opportunity and show
their generosity for our project. So show us your love for Haiku and
start making those donations now:
http://www.haiku-os.org/community/haiku-code-drive-2008/donate
You only have until May 29, so don't wait!
For more information, please contact Jorge G. Mare at
jorge.mare(a)haiku-os.org
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Southern California Linux Expo
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FreedomHEC 2008
FreedomHEC 2008, the Linux device driver
"unconference", will take place November 8-9, 2008
in Santa Monica, California, following WinHEC in Los
Angeles. Plan to attend and learn why Linux support
has become an industry standard requirement for new
hardware, and how you can get your products supported
under Linux quickly and conveniently for customers.
Who: Hardware engineers, driver developers, you.
What: Device driver unconference
Where: Santa Monica, California, USA
When: November 8-9, 2008
Why: Make your hardware valuable to the growing
Linux market.
At FreedomHEC, participants will learn how the Linux
driver development process works, differently from
the complex processes used to develop drivers for
proprietary operating systems. The kernel team and
the Linux distributions take on much of the build,
test, and support work for a driver, freeing up the
hardware manufacturer's driver team to concentrate
on the core code.
You'll also have an opportunity to discuss your driver
development options, including the opportunity to work
with the Linux Driver Project and the Linux Foundation
to have a driver developed free of charge, under an
NDA that keeps your device documentation confidential
but that allows the actual code to become part of
the Linux process. Bring your toughest technical
and organizational questions.
Sponsors are: host sponsor Edmunds.com; sponsors
Google, the Linux Foundation, and the Linux Driver
Project; and media sponsors LinuxWorld.com and LWN.
To attend FreedomHEC, sign up at the conference
Wiki at http://freedomhec.pbwiki.com/ Conference
attendance is free of charge for anyone who
pre-registers on the Wiki.
Contact: Don Marti <dmarti(a)zgp.org>
(WinHEC is a registered trademark of Microsoft
Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of
Linus Torvalds. FreedomHEC is not affiliated with
Microsoft Corporation.)
