[Kde-finance-apps] Fwd: KDE Finance apps talk for Akademy 2010?

[Alvaro Soliverez]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Klaas Freitag <freitag at kde.org> wrote:
> Hiho,
>
>> >
>> > on Wednesday 31 March 2010 Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
>> > > Yes, I hope there will be a lot to tell about by that time.
> Yes, I also hope so. We have big potential with what we're doing.
>
>> > > The talks in Akademy are short and don't get so deep into the code,
>> > > unless it's a BoF workshop. So, if you want to give it a try, we can
>> > > all help you prepare the materials for the talk.
> Looks like I have to give the talk as I am the only one so far being in
> Tampere? I will do if you want, but you guys should think again if you
> really want to miss 24 hours daylight per day ;-)
> But you guys promised to help with materials, thats great and I will come
> back to you.
>
>> >
>> > In case you want to see how it could look like (it's terrible):
>> > http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/akademy2008.html
>>
>> It's not terrible, it seems you've done great !
> Absolutely, very professional, I enjoyed it live.
>
> The thing is that applications which are not in the core of KDE like
> Konqueror and such seem not so much interesting for the people at Akademy.
> Understandable on the one hand, because apps serve for a special purpose
> and not all hackers are interested in that purpose, but on the other
> hand applications are what make projects like KDE successful on the long
> run.  Many people in KDE are aware of that. We are in a good position to
> work on generating more interest in the KDE community. We do not need to
> worry about users, they are interested anyways.
>

IMHO, I look forward to FinanceStack becoming another Pillar of KDE,
and a distinctive feature which no other desktop has. (there are
already rumours in the Gnome field about our work :D ). So, I expect
them to listen carefully. :)


>> > Alvaro: You have my full understanding and support on this subject. I
>> > bet, Klaas will chime in as well :D
> Well, yes, but better don't talk about daughters birthdays ;-)
>

We'll make it up to you, I promise.

Regards,
Alvaro