[cc-devel] The Croquet Consortium

M. David Peterson xmlhacker at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 15:42:56 EDT 2007


Sorry, forgot the first part that I found to be the most interesting,

Croquet is a powerful open source software development environment for the
> creation and large-scale distributed deployment of multi-user virtual 3D
> applications and metaverses that are (1) persistent (2) deeply
> collaborative, (3) interconnected and (4) interoperable. The Croquet
> architecture supports synchronous communication, collaboration, resource
> sharing and computation among large numbers of users on multiple platforms
> and multiple devices.
>

On 4/3/07, M. David Peterson <xmlhacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Came across an interesting link[1] via Peter Fisk[2] and thought that some
> of you might find interest,  From [1],
>
> The Croquet Consortium
> >
> > The Croquet Consortium is a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation dedicated
> > to developing and promoting the widespread adoption of open source, Croquet
> > technologies for research, education and industry.
> > Strength through Community
> >
> > Our Mission
> > Develop a global community of interest among practitioners and
> > institution, facilitating and encouraging mutual support
> > Provide education and research in the applied use of open Croquet
> > technologies
> > Federate Croquet-based projects and mobilize distributed resources on
> > their behalf
> >
> > Our Commitment
> > Maintain a clearinghouse of open source software artifacts for use by
> > all
> > Support a comprehensive web site as a focal point for knowledge sharing
> > and community-building
> > Hold an annual conference, regular board meetings and sponsored
> > activities
> > Provide a legal home for handling intellectual property issues
> > Serve as a clearinghouse for managing donations, forging partnerships,
> > and coordinating resources
> > Foster mutually advantageous software support models that benefit the
> > Consortium's diverse membership
>
>
> [1] http://www.croquetconsortium.org/index.php/Main_Page
> [2]
> http://vistasmalltalk.wordpress.com/2007/04/03/croquet-a-vision-of-the-future/
>
> --
> /M:D
>
> M. David Peterson
> http://mdavid.name | http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2354 |
> http://dev.aol.com/blog/3155




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M. David Peterson
http://mdavid.name | http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2354 |
http://dev.aol.com/blog/3155
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