port of Avifile to LinuxPPC64

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Hi,

IBM is very interested in seeing an optimized port of Avifile to 
LinuxPPC64 being available.  We're considering running a promotion to 
reward both the development of new applications and ports of existing 
projects like Avifile to LinuxPPC64. 

We're keen to operate in the spirit of the Linux/Open Source community and 
so want to defer to the maintainers of the various applications we've 
identified to judge the suitability of the port and to ensure the port was 
done in an acceptable manner.

We plan to work with a contest vendor and publish a list of applications 
that we'd like to see optimized, ported or written for LinuxPPC64.  Our 
hope is this initiative will help more developers become familiar with 
working on LinuxPPC64, add some key applications to the overall "roster" 
of those available for LinuxPPC and, perhaps most importantly, ensure 
other developers and users have access to applications like Avifile if 
they're running on PPC hardware.

So with that preamble, I understand you are the maintainer for Avifile and 
as such I'm wondering if we can enlist your support in this process! :)

The process should, we hope, be pretty straight forward.  A list of 
applications and their maintainers (including you and Avifile ) will be 
created along with a list of entrants for each application.  If you 
receive a PPC64 port of Avifile we'd ask you to compare the details of the 
submitter with those that have entered in the contest.  (All this will be 
via a website that we'll give you access to)  If you accept the port we'd 
ask that you notify the contest team - an email to an address to be 
provided later is all that is required.

To keep the playing field fair maintainers identified with a particular 
project won't be eligible to enter the contest in relation to that/their 
own project.  Obviously you're welcome to work on others in the contest if 
you so wish though!  There will be significant prizes awarded.

If you'd be interested in assisting with this effort please let me know 
and I can follow up with some more information.

All of this of course is subject to the published rules and regulations of 
the contest which will be published very shortly on the web.

Kind Regards,
**************************************************
Chakarat Skawratananond
pSeries Linux Technical Consultant
eServer Solutions Enablement
11400 Burnet Rd., Austin, TX - 78758
Ph:  (512) 823-6353 (t/l) 793 6353


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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IBM is very interested in seeing an
optimized port of <b>Avifile </b>to LinuxPPC64 being available. &nbsp;We're
considering running a promotion to reward both the development of new applications
and ports of existing projects like <b>Avifile </b>to LinuxPPC64. &nbsp;</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We're keen to operate in the spirit
of the Linux/Open Source community and so want to defer to the maintainers
of the various applications we've identified to judge the suitability of
the port and to ensure the port was done in an acceptable manner.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We plan to work with a contest vendor
and publish a list of applications that we'd like to see optimized, ported
or written for LinuxPPC64. &nbsp;Our hope is this initiative will help
more developers become familiar with working on LinuxPPC64, add some key
applications to the overall &quot;roster&quot; of those available for LinuxPPC
and, perhaps most importantly, ensure other developers and users have access
to applications like <b>Avifile </b>if they're running on PPC hardware.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">So with that preamble, I understand
you are the maintainer for <b>Avifile </b>and as such I'm wondering if
we can enlist your support in this process! :)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The process should, we hope, be pretty
straight forward. &nbsp;A list of applications and their maintainers (including
you and <b>Avifile </b>) will be created along with a list of entrants
for each application. &nbsp;If you receive a PPC64 port of <b>Avifile </b>we'd
ask you to compare the details of the submitter with those that have entered
in the contest. &nbsp;(All this will be via a website that we'll give you
access to) &nbsp;If you accept the port we'd ask that you notify the contest
team - an email to an address to be provided later is all that is required.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">To keep the playing field fair maintainers
identified with a particular project won't be eligible to enter the contest
in relation to that/their own project. &nbsp;Obviously you're welcome to
work on others in the contest if you so wish though! &nbsp;There will be
significant prizes awarded.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If you'd be interested in assisting
with this effort please let me know and I can follow up with some more
information.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">All of this of course is subject to
the published rules and regulations of the contest which will be published
very shortly on the web.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Kind Regards,<br>
**************************************************<br>
Chakarat Skawratananond<br>
pSeries Linux Technical Consultant<br>
eServer Solutions Enablement<br>
11400 Burnet Rd., Austin, TX - 78758<br>
Ph: &nbsp;(512) 823-6353 (t/l) 793 6353<br>
<br>
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