<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">As many of you know, there has been a growing interest in expanding</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">the School Server project. The dedicated and loyal volunteers from the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">School Server Community Edition [1] have been working hard to turn</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">this interest into a deployable implementation.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Over the last couple of months the project has been quietly focusing</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">on the basics:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">1. A stable, extensible code base.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">2. A stable, reproducible release process.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">3. Establishing mutually beneficial relationships with up and down streams.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">In light of all the turbulence in the ecosystem, the XSCE project made</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">the conscious decision to keep communication tight. As a project, we</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">now feel we are mature enough to operate more openly in the ecosystem.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Let's be honest, the server-devel list is not for the faint of heart.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">:)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">As a starting point, I would like to encourage interested people to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">look at the Project Specification [2] to see if it looks like XSCE</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">will meet their School Sever needs.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The Project Specification is not necessarily a definitive document</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">about what XSCE 0.4 is or what it will include. It is a focus point</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">around which all of us will various goals can agree are important and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">achievable with our existing time and resources.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Please let us know either on this thread or by editing the wiki what</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">you think is important and what you are will to work on.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">1. </span><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">2. </span><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Project_Specifications" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Project_Specifications</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Dave</span><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>David Farning<br>Activity Central: <a href="http://www.activitycentral.com" target="_blank">http://www.activitycentral.com</a>
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