> Sylvain Wallez wrote: > > Carsten Ziegeler a écrit : > > > > Hi, > > > > since you gave me commit access (OK, I more or less asked for it), I > > would really love to introduce myself. As I really like these > > things, I will keep it as short as possible! > > > > My name is Carsten, age 29, married, hometown is Paderborn, Germany. > > I started software development over 15 years ago, using many > > programming languages ranging from Assembler, Basic, Lisp, Self > > to Modula-2, Oberon, Objective-C, C++ and lately Java. > > > > My favourite system is still NeXtstep/Openstep or today known as > > MacOS X Server using Objective-C and all this great OO-classes. > > Since nearly two years, I'm a certified Apple WebObjects trainer > > and I really like WO! > > > > Ok, that's another story, so let's get back. Since middle of last > > year I'm working in our Open Source Competence Center. At the > > same time we started discovering Cocoon 2 and from that on, I tried > > to work on that project as much as I can. Currently I'm trying > > to distribute the upcoming release candidate 2 of Cocoon. > > And now I'm here... > > > > Carsten > > "Open Source Competence Center" : I'm really interested in how > opensource can be an integral part of a company's organization. > > Could you please describe a little bit more the role of this center in > your company : developmnent, teaching, evangelism, etc. What are its > relationships with other departments : do they input you with functional > requirements that guide the way you contribute on OSS ? > The Open Source Competence Center plays several roles in our company: - If projects need a solution, we search for open source projects implementing the needed functionality or helping in the implementation. We then evaluate these solutions (together with the project) - We develop products/solutions based on Open Source Projects - We are looking for interesting open source projects to integrate into in our solutions - We support os projects by contribution and taking part in the development. - We try to use os whereever possible and try to persuade other projects to donate componets to us which we in turn can donate to os projects.
Carsten > Thanks in advance, > Sylvain. > -- > Sylvain Wallez > Anyware Technologies - http://www.anyware-tech.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
