Subject: Re: Mac help?
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Feb 19 2001 - 17:33:50 CST
Hi Logan,
Welcome. The correct email address is abiword-dev@abisource.com.
You have to subsc**be first though. I've cc'd this email to our entire
list so they can all respond.
From me, Briefly:
1. We would love a working Mac port.
2. Hubert Figuiere (hub) is working very hard to produce one.
(hfiguiere@teaser.fr) in the last 2 months hub has made about 150 commits
to our CVS code archive. (See http://www.abisource.com/bonsai/toplevel.cgi)
3. I believe the Mac port is at the point where it almost displays frames.
But Hub could give a much more specific answer as to what he's working on
and where help is needed most. I'm sure you guys could work out the best
way to match your respective talents.
4. I'm sure hub would love any code you produce.
5. We consider all code from anyone on the planet for Abi. Just send in a
patch to abiword-dev@abisource.com and someone will review it and commit
it if it's good.
Please feel free to ask more questions at anytime on our email list
abiword-dev@abisource.com
Cheers!
Martin
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Logan wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> (My apologies if this is not the appropriate email address, please
> forward if so.)
>
> I notice that your source tree doesn't currently appear to include the
> Macintosh as a target for AbiWord. If you are interested in porting to
> the Macintosh, I may be able to lend a hand to such an effort.
>
> I realize that the open source model - both generally and as described on
> your website - encourages the addition of programmers through an osmotic
> process where the right to participate is granted in response to
> submitted code. Nevertheless, I'm writing to you prior to having
> submitted code because the participation I'm considering (targeting a new
> platform) is more substantial than a patch, and as such I imagine that
> Abi may have some ideas of how to best explore, structure, and integrate
> such a project. There may have been prior attempts at Macintosh porting
> that aborted for reasons that could be avoided by early discussion. Or
> there may be a current experimental Mac port already underway despite not
> being evidenced in the source tree.
>
> I've been developing on the Macintosh since 1986. I know C++ fluently,
> and I've worked with several frameworks. I've ported several things to
> and from the Macintosh platform, including a non-linear video editor.
> I'm highly experienced in both UI work and in the underlying mechanics of
> processing and storing data. In case it is of interest, my resume is
> appended below.
>
> Please let me know what your position is on the idea of my participation.
> I hope there is a way that we can work together!
>
> best,
> Logan
>
> -------------------------
>
> EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
>
> 8/00 - present, Software Engineer, Advanced Rendering Technology
> Engineer on the core of a Linux-based network device built to render
> graphics using massively parallel arrays of custom chips. Workflow
> involved shell scripting, gdb, perl, and building for Intel and Alpha
> versions of Linux. Wrote a graphic front-end for gdb. Debugged and
> maintained a library emulating the hardware core. Designed a
> cross-platform resource manager. Assisted in porting the codebase to
> Windows and Macintosh.
>
>
> 8/99 - 8/00, Engineering Manager and Engineer at Enroute Imaging
> Managed a group of ten engineers and contractors working on high-end
> image processing technology used to author a unique end-consumer
> experience in immersive, interactive video on MacOS, Windows, and Sony
> Playstation. Inherited responsibility for a languishing, under-designed,
> untested imaging product that incorporated an entirely new metaphor for
> manipulating images, culminating in the ontime delivery of the product
> three months later (an unprecedented event in the company's
> several-product history). Designed UI for new products. Authored 3D
> software that produced synthetic imagery for the study of parallax and
> lighting conditions. Ported core technologies to multiple platforms.
> Coordinated beta programs and user studies, oversaw UI designs,
> established QA infrastructure, recruited, performed employee reviews,
> constructed departmental budgets.
>
>
> 8/97 - 8/99, Engineering Manager and Lead Engineer at Puffin Designs
> Founding member of engineering team developing Commotion, a non-linear
> digital video editing and special effects application targeting the
> professional market on both MacOS and Windows. Acting Engineering
> Manager for first year, reported directly to the president. Participated
> in all aspects of creating Puffin Design's engineering organization
> including hiring, task assignment, engineering estimates, quality
> assurance, and product delivery. Managed a team of seven development
> engineers and two QA engineers. Designed and implemented algorithms and
> infrastructure for image compositing, spline rendering, interactive
> painting and effects, memory management, real-time playback, and more.
> Designed and implemented abstraction layers for cross-platform porting.
> Collaborated with outside hardware vendors on differentiated products.
> Worked under strenuous schedule requirements and constantly evolving
> product specifications. Acquired familiarity with the tools and
> production workflow of the video and film special effects industry.
>
>
> 11/95 - 8/97, Senior Software Engineer at Ray Dream / Fractal Design /
> MetaCreations
> Contributed to the development of a full-featured, cross platform, 3D
> modeling and rendering framework known as Ray Dream Studio. Implemented
> all aspects of Studio's interactive rasterization infrastructure which
> supported Applešs RAVE layer, Microsoftšs Direct3D layer, and Studiošs
> proprietary native rasterization, including support for colored and
> directional lighting, z-caching, facet caching, and dynamic-resolution
> texture mapping. Designed and implemented an A_Buffer with integrated ray
> tracer. Modularized Studio's illumination model and designed accompanying
> human interface elements.
>
>
> 10/93 - 12/96, Software consultant at TimonWare, Inc.
> Developed a configuration application for a custom embedded system.
> Created a Finder-like interface with graphic elements signifying process
> linkage, configurability, and port association, for the graphic
> configuration of layers of protocols and tasks on multiple ports. Wrote a
> parser allowing the application to scan header files and automatically
> incorporate changes in the source code of the configured environment.
>
>
> 4/95 - 11/95, Test Lead at Apple Computer
> Functional test lead on several components of Applešs next generation
> Finder and operating system. Responsible for coordinating engineering and
> quality schedules. Managed group effort to develop low level tools and
> scripts.
>
>
> 6/92 - 4/95, Software Engineer at Network Resources Corporation
> Half of two-member team that developed all aspects of an industrial
> strength SNMP-based network management station on the Macintosh.
> Implemented many innovative graphic and networking features, including
> drag-and-drop variable tracking, graphic display of variable histories,
> and graphic mapping of physical and logical network topologies. Debugged
> firmware. Engineered PPP for the Macintosh.
>
>
> 1/92 - 6/93, Software Engineer at Apple Computer
> Development engineer on Open Transport, Applešs XTI-compliant, transport
> independent connectivity interfaces. Worked on transaction layer of
> protocol stack and Comm Toolbox compatibility code. Produced a C++ code
> complexity analyzer using YACC.
>
>
> 1/90 - 6/92, QA Engineer at Apple Computer
> Quality assurance engineer on all facets of the Macintosh operating
> systems. Experience with operability and performance aspects of graphics
> and printing architectures, file systems, memory management, human
> interface elements, and other evolving facets of the Macintosh OS.
> Participated in a task force chartered to specify a company-wide standard
> tools platform, co-authored the resulting specification document.
> Designed and implemented a unique network distortion tool (patented by
> Apple) capable of constructing and executing combinatoric distortion of
> network traffic, crucial to the development of wide area networking
> protocols and for the testing of timeout and recovery mechanisms.
>
>
>
> EDUCATION
>
> M.I.T 9/83-6/84
> Attended for one year. Studied computer theory and programming languages.
>
> Stanford University 9/84-6/88
> Attended for four years. Majored in electrical engineering with a
> concentration in computer science. Course work included programming
> languages (C++, 68k asm, LISP, ADA, Prolog), operating systems, and
> compilers.
>
>
> MISCELLANEOUS
> Substantial ongoing personal projects involving the modeling and
> rendering of 3D worlds. Non-technical interests include mountain biking
> and jazz.
>
>
>
>
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