Permanent link to archive for 9/28/04. Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Introducing Frontier 10.0a1

This is a fresh start for the Frontier kernel, the technology under Manila and Radio UserLand, and in the future, possibly many more useful system and network applications. We're releasing the code under the GPL, the rationale for this is explained in the FAQ and in the audio blog post I recorded about this event.

A picture named bridge.jpgNote there's a new mail list, managed by Dave Luebbert, for answering technical questions about the release. We're not trying to boil the ocean, or displace your favorite open source scripting environment, web server or content management system. However, we would like anyone interested in Frontier to participate if they have the time and technical background and inclination to do so. We're setting expectations low. It's like a message in a bottle or a time capsule or a bridge to the future. Who knows if or when someone will find this technology useful? But now we are assured that it will continue to exist for the indefinite future. That in itself is an accomplishment.

Even if you're not the kind of person who works on open source programming projects, I recorded an audio blog post yesterday that explains what's going on. And if you are a technical person and wonder how a high-powered content system written in C might work, please proceed to the download page and get started.

Thanks to Andre Radke, for doing a thorough and careful job of releasing the Frontier source. I have always enjoyed working with him, and I'm glad we could work together again on this codebase that we cared so much for for quite a few years. He does great work, if you ever get a chance to work with him, grab with both hands!

# Posted by Dave Winer on 9/28/04; 1:43:49 AM - --