Latest revision as of 20:55, 9 October 2013

KDE at Qt Dev Days

KDE is a partner at Qt Dev Days, where we will have a booth in the exhibition space and run the Qt Contributors Day.

Booth Talking Points

Two target groups, Developers and Sponsors.

Developers:

Looking to attract new contributors
Great way to learn new Qt skills or play with new tech
Work with many skilled Qt devs
Make yourself visible to potential employers

Sponsors:

Looking for new companies to become involved with KDE, either for development or funding
Sponsoring KDE will expose you to a large pool of Qt talent to hire from
Qt provides a neutral ground for companies to collaborate
Provide quaily software: libraries, apps and platforms

KDE has vast Qt experience

Over 15 years developing with Qt
KDE testing ground for many new Qt features
A number of Qt maintainers are KDE devs / alumni
KDE is largest non-commercial contributor to Qt, possibly 3rd largest overall

KDE has a large pool of Qt talent to mentor devs / hire from

KDE alumni include Lars, Thiago, Kalle, many KDAB employees
QtDevDays program 19 of 48 speakers are KDE alumni

KDE is one of the largest and most mature Open Source communities

700+ people contribute to each KDE release
Translated into xxx languages
Cross-platform support Linux/Win/Mac
Incubated Qt Android port
Involved with EU research projects

KDE has mature code offerings

Frameworks 5, a set of Qt Addons from KDE, coming Q1 2014
Mature well tested and proven code with minimum dependencies
Many old heavy dependencies removed by contributions to Qt
e.g. Widgets, ThreadWeaver, Archive, Mapping, PIM
Frameworks talk on Wednesday
Release libraries, workspace and applications on a reliable 6 month cycle
Guarantee binary compatibility for life of major releases

KDE has advanced developer tools built on years of experience

KDevelop
KCacheGrind
Massive Visualizer
etc

What is KDE:

A community of Open Source developers focussed on end-user technology

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 Two target groups, Developers and Sponsors.
 Developers:
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 * Work with many skilled Qt devs
 * Make yourself visible to potential employers
 Sponsors:
-Looking for new companies to become involved with KDE, either for development or funding
+* Looking for new companies to become involved with KDE, either for development or funding
 * Sponsoring KDE will expose you to a large pool of Qt talent to hire from
 * Qt provides a neutral ground for companies to collaborate
 * Provide quaily software: libraries, apps and platforms
-* Experienced working with companies to develop FOSS projects
 KDE has vast Qt experience
-* 15 years developing with Qt
+* Over 15 years developing with Qt
 * KDE testing ground for many new Qt features
 * A number of Qt maintainers are KDE devs / alumni
 * KDE is largest non-commercial contributor to Qt, possibly 3rd largest overall
 KDE has a large pool of Qt talent to mentor devs / hire from
 * KDE alumni include Lars, Thiago, Kalle, many KDAB employees
-* QtDevDays program 18 of 48 speakers are KDE alumni
+* QtDevDays program 19 of 48 speakers are KDE alumni
-* Many students get first introduction to Qt and real-world development through KDE
 KDE is one of the largest and most mature Open Source communities
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 * Incubated Qt Android port
 * Involved with EU research projects
 KDE has mature code offerings
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 * e.g. Widgets, ThreadWeaver, Archive, Mapping, PIM
 * Frameworks talk on Wednesday
+* Release libraries, workspace and applications on a reliable 6 month cycle
+* Guarantee binary compatibility for life of major releases
+KDE has advanced developer tools built on years of experience
+* KDevelop
+* KCacheGrind
+* Massive Visualizer
+* etc
+What is KDE:
+* A community of Open Source developers focussed on end-user technology