[ros-dev] My ReactOS PR Efforts

[Alex Ionescu]

Hi all,

I just wanted to keep you update of the various ReactOS presentations,
lectures and exhibitions that I will be part of to help push ReactOS out
to more people.

Three weeks ago I was at CUSEC, where I demoed ReactOS in front of about
60 people, all software engineering students, mostly. They were very
impressed and I exchanged contact information with 5-6 of them, who hope
to join development eventually (probably this summer).

On Friday, I'm flying over to LA at SCALE 5x (South California Linux
Expo 2007) where Arty will be exhibiting ReactOS and I will be a speaker
to give a lecture on ReactOS and Open Source involvement.

A couple of weeks later, on the 27th, I'm flying over to University of
Waterloo to meet the students in their CS club and other interested
students in Software Engineering/CS to talk about ReactOS, my work, and
also on using ReactOS as an educational tool, possibly to replace their
current NachOS-based curriculum.

In April, on the 11th, I will be flying to Porto Alegre in Brezil, at
the 8th International Free Software Forum, where I will be a lecturer.
Again, I will talk about ReactOS -- although I haven't found a specific
topic yet, since I don't want to re-hash the SOCAL presentation.

I have also been invited to demo ReactOS at a DemoCamp in all of
Montreal, as far as I remember this date is in April as well.

The other date I am aware of is FOSSCON 2007, which will be on the 22nd
of September in San Diego (IIRC). Again, I will probably present about
ReactOS -- definite topic to be determined.

I have also mentionned ReactOS profusely in some personal interviews
which will appear in some Montreal and even worldwide newspapers, as
well as various online sources such as Slyck. My blog entry has recently
motivated a donor to donate 1000$ US to the foundation; I am working
with him to arrange a proper receipt.

I hope that throughout the year, I'll be able to announce more events.

-- 
Best regards,
Alex Ionescu
Project Lead, TinyKRNL
Kernel-Mode Software Design Engineer, ReactOS