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.
Speaking of which, I want to create something like "Events" page, which currently exists in Wiki, but on our main website, where information about past, and, more importantly, coming events will be published, with a link from the front page. Calendar of events maybe even.
Your and other people's PR work deserve to be seen by people who want to attend coming ReactOS talks.
WBR, Aleksey Bragin.
On Feb 6, 2007, at 8:53 PM, Alex Ionescu wrote:
Hi all,
-= skip =- 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
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