Hi Alex, On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Alex Ghitza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > 3 minutes is unbelievably short. However, since you asked for suggestions, > here > are some things that would be good to get across: > > - programming in Sage is programming in Python; no need to learn some arcane > custom-built language in order to use Sage and contribute to it > - the development model is extremely open and built around excellent > Python-based tools: mercurial for version control, trac for bug reporting and > tracking, sphinx for documentation (work in progress) > - Sage puts together and uses tens of open source packages for mathematics and > computer algebra, but also gives back to them by testing, reporting bugs and > contributing bug fixes, and offering a user-friendly interface to them
Excellent. Thanks for your suggestions. > Again, you won't have much time. Under the circumstances, I agree with > Harald's > idea that you should tell them to check out the Sage webpage, where they can > find out more *and* try it live. It might also be good to tell them that > there > are two Australian mirrors: > http://echidna.maths.usyd.edu.au/sage/ > http://freethemes.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/sage/ Yep... I've included those 2 URLs. > One specific comment about your slides: while the car picture is very nice, > the > URL in the upper right corner should be changed to the current > www.sagemath.org Done. > BTW, I moved to Melbourne about a month and a half ago. Unfortunately, I'm > not > sure I can make it to this event on Saturday -- I wish I had known about it > earlier. I'll do my best, and if I manage to make it there I'll try to bring > some supporting material. The Linux Users of Victoria (LUV) group is taking part in organizing the Melbourne event this Saturday. LUV has its monthly meeting within the Buzzard Lecture Theatre, the University of Melbourne. -- Regards Minh Van Nguyen Web: http://nguyenminh2.googlepages.com Blog: http://mvngu.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
