We currently have 35 registered people not counting the inquisitive reporter who signed up. I believe all are from wine-devel list since that's the only place I've seen it mentioned.
Companies represented include: - Codeweavers - Transgaming - ReactOS - Macadamian - Xandros - Cadlink Technologies - Caldera - DSSD Software Inc. - 2 Geeks Computer Systems - DeviceForge - Some big OEMs - Other companies - A bunch of unaffiliated people
If you would like to do a company presentation, please let me know and we'll do our best to accommodate.
On the technical track, since attendees will be the speakers please think about the topic that would be interesting that you are knowledgeable about. This is all about people leaving smarter than they came and that happens best with everyone sharing their information and ideas. One of the 3 people on the Frankfurt/San Diego express, Dr. Ulrich Weigand has volunteered to speak on the following two topics:
- 16-bit Windows: how does the support for 16-bit in Wine work, how much 16-bit code is still there in Windows 95/98/ME, how are the various types of thunks etc. implemented, what are the chances of running native Windows 95/98/ME 16-/32-bit DLL pairs under Wine (this would include the user.dll question Uwe suggested)
- Debugger: how does the Wine debugger work, details about the various debugging formats (including the undocumented .PDB format) ...
The biggest request is to hear from Alexandre Julliard who is working on his keynote to open the event now which rumor has it is better than the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.
Only one request for "fencing and WINE". Sorry Gav. :)
-- MR
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Michael Robertson wrote:
On the technical track, since attendees will be the speakers please think about the topic that would be interesting that you are knowledgeable about. This is all about people leaving smarter than they came and that happens best with everyone sharing their information and ideas. One of the 3 people on the Frankfurt/San Diego express, Dr. Ulrich Weigand has volunteered to speak on the following two topics:
- 16-bit Windows: how does the support for 16-bit in Wine work, how much
16-bit code is still there in Windows 95/98/ME, how are the various types of thunks etc. implemented, what are the chances of running native Windows 95/98/ME 16-/32-bit DLL pairs under Wine (this would include the user.dll question Uwe suggested)
- Debugger: how does the Wine debugger work, details about the various
debugging formats (including the undocumented .PDB format) ...
The LPBN has indicated they'd be willing and able to videotape the presentations for later free access via their web streaming server (http://www.lpbn.org). Michael, could Lindows make a small donation, say $500, to lpbn.org to help cover expenses? - Dan
The LPBN has indicated they'd be willing and able to videotape the presentations for later free access via their web streaming server (http://www.lpbn.org). Michael, could Lindows make a small donation, say $500, to lpbn.org to help cover expenses?
At MP3.com, we broadcast the MP3 Summit for free in real-time and made available browsing at later time as well. We started this in the dark ages of 1999 and did it every year. Of course we had hundreds of employees and a whole video department on staff which made it easy. Our whole goal was to get the information out to everyone because that's what maximizes the value to the community. See last years video here: http://www.mp3.com/summit/2001/webcast.html As you can see from the agenda and sessions, by year 3 there was incredibly diverse attention from many industries all around MP3 and I think helped push it to its widespread support today.
If you want to watch some GREAT video looking back at the digital music revolution, watch this session: What Happened to the Revolution? It's 45 minutes of very funny, but very insightful video especially the last 20 minutes.
Doing the same thing for wineconf 2002 would have tremendous value. Those that can't make wineconf in person can still hear from all the smart people and get the vision for where wine is going. I'm sure some of the sessions would be insightful for people as they join wine to help them get up to speed on various programming and technology issues as well.
Having LPBN.org capture the video and broadcast seems like a a big plus to the entire wine community. We'll be happy to send them $500 to make this happen. But watching a tiny grainy video won't compare to being there, so if you can make it you'll definitely want to attend in person. We'll also be having one surprise field trip which will not be televised. :)
-- MR
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