Hey people,
For about a year now, a colleague of mine and I have been negotiating with our current employer about the conditions for starting a spin-off company. As of yesterday it finally looks like it's really going to happen; basically all we need now is to have the contracts typed out and signed. I'm very excited about this, but consequently I won't have as much time to spend on improving Inkscape as I used to. I'm not too excited about that part :-(. This is also why I cannot commit to being a GSoC mentor this year.
However, I won't quit completely and will still be around. Besides, chances still are that we won't be able to raise enough capital to get our start-up company really flying, in which case I might pick up my Inkscape work again before the end of the year. We'll see.
Regards,
Diederik
On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 21:50 +0100, Diederik van Lierop wrote:
Hey people,
For about a year now, a colleague of mine and I have been negotiating with our current employer about the conditions for starting a spin-off company. As of yesterday it finally looks like it's really going to happen; basically all we need now is to have the contracts typed out and signed. I'm very excited about this, but consequently I won't have as much time to spend on improving Inkscape as I used to. I'm not too excited about that part :-(. This is also why I cannot commit to being a GSoC mentor this year.
I'm sorry you won't have as much time for inkscape, but I wish you the best of luck with your endeavors! Hopefully things will get so busy you can hire other people so you'll have more time again. :D
Cheers, Josh
On 3/19/10, Diederik van Lierop wrote:
Hey people,
For about a year now, a colleague of mine and I have been negotiating with our current employer about the conditions for starting a spin-off company. As of yesterday it finally looks like it's really going to happen; basically all we need now is to have the contracts typed out and signed. I'm very excited about this, but consequently I won't have as much time to spend on improving Inkscape as I used to. I'm not too excited about that part :-(. This is also why I cannot commit to being a GSoC mentor this year.
However, I won't quit completely and will still be around. Besides, chances still are that we won't be able to raise enough capital to get our start-up company really flying, in which case I might pick up my Inkscape work again before the end of the year. We'll see.
Mate, you've done THE outstanding work. It's a bummer to lose such a lot of you :), but looking on the bright side, you are likely to have a lot of fun anyway, and I'm sure as hell that you'll be coming back with another turn of a time spiral :) Thank you for being significant part of the best team ever!
Alexandre
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Alexandre Prokoudine -
Diederik van Lierop -
Joshua A. Andler