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Andrew Tanenbaum Announces MINIXcon (minix3.org)

Posted by timothy on from the will-it-be-big-and-fancy dept.

LichtSpektren writes: Andrew Tanenbaum, author of MINIX, writes: 'MINIX has been around now for about 30 years so it is (finally) time for the MINIXers to have a conference to get together, just as Linuxers and BSDers have been doing for a long time. The idea is to exchange ideas and experiences among MINIX 3 developers and users as well as discussing possible paths forward now that the ERC funding is over. Future developments will now be done like in any other volunteer-based open-source project. Increasing community involvement is a key issue here. Attend or give a presentation.' The con will be held on 1 February 2016 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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  1. I wish the seven of them a good time by gavron · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The idea is to exchange ideas and experiences among MINIX 3 developers and users..."

    I wish all seven of them have a good time exchanging ideas and experiences.
    Perhaps they could use email.
    You know.
    Like through a linux server.
    Because.
    That's how it works.

    "If the OSI developers are emailing each other, it's over TCP/IP" -- Steven Belovin, before you were born
    "If the Minix developers[sic] are emailing each other, it's on Linux systems" -- me

    Ehud

    1. Re:I wish the seven of them a good time by volkerdi · · Score: 2, Funny

      MINIX is obsolete.

  2. Wat? by truck_soccer · · Score: 3, Funny

    never heard of it. I'm gnu to this stuff.