source: presentations/dws08/netlabs2010.tex@ 335

%% LaTeX Beamer presentation template (requires beamer package)
%% see http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/
%% idea contributed by H. Turgut Uyar
%% template based on a template by Till Tantau
%% this template is still evolving - it might differ in future releases!

% ``netlabs.org 2010'' for Developers Workshop 2008
% Adrian Gschwend

\documentclass{beamer}
% Handout:
%\documentclass[handout]{beamer}

\mode<presentation>
{
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}
}

\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\beamertemplatetransparentcovereddynamic

%\logo{\includegraphics[height=0.5cm]{dws06.png}}

\title[netlabs.org - The Voyager Project]
{netlabs.org 2010}

\subtitle
{Open Source Surival Guide}

\author[Adrian Gschwend]
{Adrian~Gschwend}

\institute[netlabs.org]
{
netlabs.org - Open Source Software
}

\date[17.05.2008]
{Developers Workshop 2008, Duesseldorf, Germany}

\subject{OS/2 and eCS development}
\keywords{OS/2 eCS eComStation open source netlabs.org}

% \AtBeginSubsection[]
% {
% \begin{frame}<beamer>
% \frametitle{Overview}
% \tableofcontents[part-1]
% \end{frame}
% }


\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Outline}
\tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]
\end{frame}

\section{History}

\subsection{The Past 10 Years}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{netlabs.org Review}
The Story so Far\ldots
\begin{itemize}
  \item Founded in 1997
  \item Goal: Do free OS/2 software
  \item First success with GIMP but developers disappeared
  \item Some good publicity with Mozilla, no product though
  \item Up and downs during the years, depending on everyone spare time
  \item Some serious motivation issues around 2003
  \item New motivation since 2005 with \textit{The Voyager Project}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Issues}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Development progress is ``best effort''
  \item Same for website \& services
  \item Coordination was often minimal or non existing
  \item No real goal for quite some time
  \item We lost many developers to other platforms
  \item Just a few new people
  \item OS/2 and eCS support gets more and more work
  \item Other platforms make much bigger steps
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{The Cool Part}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Many people are joining us for years
  \item Not too nerdy crowd :)
  \item Regular real world meetings
  \item Wintercamps
  \item Always great knowledge exchange
  \item 15 years of OO know how (beat this!)
  \item Most of us are no longer ``religious''
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Services @ netlabs.org}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Project hosting: http, ftp
  \item CVS
  \item Subversion
  \item TRAC (Bugtracking, project tracking)
  \item Wikis
  \item Mailing lists
  \item Mail accounts (on request)
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

% irgendwas dazwischen
\section{Web Services}
\subsection{Features}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{New Features}
\begin{itemize}
  \item User registration
  \item User management
  \item LDAP synchronisation for Single Sign On
  \begin{itemize}
    \item netlabs.org Web pages
    \item Wiki (also EDM/2)
    \item Subversion
    \item TRAC
    \item VoIP
    \item XMPP
  \end{itemize}
  \item Content management of projects
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Under Construction}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Screenshots (on popular demand by Chris)
  \item Blog (for netlabs.org \& per project)
  \item News/Links will get redone
  \item Some RSS integration from TRAC
  \item CSS adjustments (quite a lot)
  \item IE mode ;)
  \item Goal: Attractive page, motivation to visit
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Quality Management}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Project documentation
  \item Release management
  \item Security (file hashes, signatures)
  \item Quality assurance
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}


\section{Communication}
\subsection{Technologies in Use}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{IRC Network}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Interactive communication
  \item Networks (Freenode.net)
  \item Channels (\#netlabs)
  \item Often filtered
  \item Some like it, some don't
  \item Can be time consuming \& distracting
  \item Was and is important for netlabs.org
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Mailinglists}
\begin{itemize}
  \item project-(user|dev)@netlabs.org
  \item News (nntp) and web interface at gmane.org
  \item Popular among projects
  \item Important for teams
  \item Archive for new contributors
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\subsection{Upcoming Features}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{XMPP/Jabber}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Instant Messaging Service
  \item User to user communication
  \item Open alternative to AIM/ICQ, MSN\ldots
  \item username@im.netlabs.org
  \item Status information (away, not available\ldots)
  \item Based on http protocol, rarely filtered
  \item Software: OpenFire
  \item LDAP integration missing
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{VoIP}
\begin{itemize}
  \item SIP number per user
  \item Can be used with hardware or software SIP phones
  \item FRITZ!Box and others for integration into POTS/ISDN systems
  \item Works worldwide for free
  \item Conference rooms available (public \& protected)
  \item Software: FreeSWITCH
  \item LDAP integration missing, issues with NAT
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\subsubsection{Person 2 Person}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Real World}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Nothing beats the Real World\texttrademark
  \item Most productive
  \item Most creative
  \item Best motivation
  \item But expensive \& time consuming
  \item Cannot work for everyone (hi Paul!)
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Wintercamp}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Combine fun \& netlabs.org
  \item Daytime sports
  \item Nightime hacking \& talking
  \item Great for progress
  \item Great motivation
  \item Team building
  \item Summercamp might follow :-)
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Behind the Scene}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Core members meet more or less on a regular base
  \item We plan to do that more often,
  \item if it works out with Voyager at least 
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\section{Organization}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Getting Serious}
\begin{itemize}
  \item netlabs.org is still a spare time project
  \item Does not work out if we want to be successful
  \item Some of us try to get professional the next months
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Company Status}
\begin{itemize}
  \item We look for alternate models (foundation \& alike)
  \item Combine commercial software with free software
  \item Get some serious amount of money (and we mean serious)
  \item Hire some long time netlabs.org members
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks=0.6]
\frametitle{Vision}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Use the experience we have with OS/2 \& the Workplace Shell
  \item Integrate new technologies
  \item Provide something the world really needs
  \item Be visionary
  \item Bring some quality into the software industry
  \item Bring computers an important step ahead
  \item Move away from old concepts (it's soooo nineties)
  \item Get new people into it
%   \pause
%   \item Get rich, famous \& reach world domination
%   \pause
%   \item In no particular order
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{If it doesn't Work Out
}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Then the future might be not so bright anymore
  \item Quite some of us would probably move ahead
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Q\&A}
        Questions?
\end{frame}

\end{document}