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CmdrTaco
on from the trekking-westward dept.
WebMaven writes "Well, acording to his page, Raster will soon join Mandrake as an employee of VA Linux. Congratulations, Raster, we can't wait to see what you'll code next! "
Some of use have work visas - we have to lie and protect our butts cause the INS screws us over and basically 1. takes months to process visaS 2. only allows you to work for 1 company on a visa so thus if you at all let on you're goign to get another visa you're screwed and get kicked out so you have to lie to save your own butt. if the INS were like immigration dpeartments of other coutnires you'd have a work visa that let you work for anyone - not just one company. I've been mumbling about north carolina for a long long time if you check the news on that page since it started. if i werent on a work visa I would have changed jobs months ago. I had to keep quiet and seemingly happy to keep myself in the country. if you don't understand any of the above you've never been one of the "lucky" people in this country on a work visa - just ask anyone on one or who has been on one. now I can get on with code again...:)
-- --------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------------
"compatible" - well realize that we do run on a number of different systems and platforms and archetectures (sp?) so the compatibility shouldn't be a problem.
Both raster and myself are spending a lot of time these days working on imlib and enlightenment (respectively). There's a lot of stuff on the whiteboard right now to do. -- Geoff Harrison (http://mandrake.net) Senior Software Engineer - VA Linux Labs (http://www.valinux.com)
Compatible - whats with that? E runs on Linux. if RH wishes to use it they can. I dont' intend to make it incompatible. If it doesnt fit what they want (and it likely won't as they want gnome and E is not part of the gnome project thus it clashes in several departments and will continue to do so) that's up to them. as for the future plans for E - it'll becoem a desktop shell - it's not going to become part of KDE or GNOME - it's just going to do a job - manage windows, let you launch and manage applications, and eventually manage files. thats it.
-- --------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------------
but we want to know how this is going to impact the devel of E.
This means only good things for the development of Enlightenment. Not only will raster and mandrake be working for a company which supports free software, but they will be working together at the same company, and even in the same room. This will facilitate the exchange of ideas in a much more effecient and productive manner than ever before.
In fact, I have accepted a position with VA as well and will be joining them shortly. I am going to be working on developing Eterm and helping raster and mandrake with Enlightenment, Imlib, etc. Having us all together means features -- more, better, and faster.
Also.. will any effort be made to keep E compatible with future redhat releases? I know they rather soured the milk on this, but alot of us still use redhat..
Enlightenment was compatible with RedHat Linux before raster ever went to work for them. Furthermore, VA ships RedHat on its servers.
-- Michael Jennings | HPC Systems Engineer, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Author, Eterm (eterm.org)
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Some of use have work visas - we have to lie and protect our butts cause the INS screws us over and basically 1. takes months to process visaS 2. only allows you to work for 1 company on a visa so thus if you at all let on you're goign to get another visa you're screwed and get kicked out so you have to lie to save your own butt. if the INS were like immigration dpeartments of other coutnires you'd have a work visa that let you work for anyone - not just one company. I've been mumbling about north carolina for a long long time if you check the news on that page since it started. if i werent on a work visa I would have changed jobs months ago. I had to keep quiet and seemingly happy to keep myself in the country. if you don't understand any of the above you've never been one of the "lucky" people in this country on a work visa - just ask anyone on one or who has been on one. now I can get on with code again... :)
--------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------------
"compatible" - well realize that we do run on a number of different systems and platforms and archetectures (sp?) so the compatibility shouldn't be a problem.
Both raster and myself are spending a lot of time these days working on imlib and enlightenment (respectively). There's a lot of stuff on the whiteboard right now to do.
--
Geoff Harrison (http://mandrake.net)
Senior Software Engineer - VA Linux Labs (http://www.valinux.com)
Geoff "Mandrake" Harrison
Some Random UI Hacker
Compatible - whats with that? E runs on Linux. if RH wishes to use it they can. I dont' intend to make it incompatible. If it doesnt fit what they want (and it likely won't as they want gnome and E is not part of the gnome project thus it clashes in several departments and will continue to do so) that's up to them. as for the future plans for E - it'll becoem a desktop shell - it's not going to become part of KDE or GNOME - it's just going to do a job - manage windows, let you launch and manage applications, and eventually manage files. thats it.
--------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------------
but we want to know how this is going to impact the devel of E.
This means only good things for the development of Enlightenment. Not only will raster and mandrake be working for a company which supports free software, but they will be working together at the same company, and even in the same room. This will facilitate the exchange of ideas in a much more effecient and productive manner than ever before.
In fact, I have accepted a position with VA as well and will be joining them shortly. I am going to be working on developing Eterm and helping raster and mandrake with Enlightenment, Imlib, etc. Having us all together means features -- more, better, and faster.
Also.. will any effort be made to keep E compatible with future redhat releases? I know they rather soured the milk on this, but alot of us still use redhat..
Enlightenment was compatible with RedHat Linux before raster ever went to work for them. Furthermore, VA ships RedHat on its servers.
Michael Jennings | HPC Systems Engineer, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Author, Eterm (eterm.org)