Keynote
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Chandler:
An Open Source Personal Information Manager
Mitch
Kapor
Founder and Chair,
Open Source Applications
Foundation
Founder,
Lotus Development Corp. &
Designer of Lotus 1-2-3
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Abstract
Chandler is an innovative Personal Information Manager now under development at the Open Source
Applications Foundation. The novel process of Chandler development combines open source methods
with rigorous attention to the process of software applications design itself, a combination
which heretofore has not been undertaken in a large-scale project. I will discussing the goals,
process, results to date and challenges of this important experiment in software development
methodology.
Biography
Mitch Kapor is the
Founder and Chair of the Open
Source Applications Foundation (OSAF). OSAF's mission is to create
and gain wide adoption of Open Source application software of uncompromising
quality. OSAF started in 2001 when Kapor began to investigate the possibility
of developing a modern Personal Information Manager using open source
tools and methods. OSAF's product (code-named "Chandler" after
the great detective novelist Raymond Chandler,) is a Personal Information
Manager (PIM) intended for use in everyday information and communication
tasks, such as composing and reading email, managing an appointment
calendar and keeping a contact list.
Kapor was the founder of Lotus Development Corporation
and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the “killer
application” which
made the personal computer ubiquitous in the business world in the
1980’s. He has been at the forefront of the information technology
revolution for a generation as an entrepreneur, investor, social
activist, and philanthropist.
A complete bio is available.