[Nottingham] [Event] Workshop for Long Term Future of Software

[Martin]

Folks,

A slightly convoluted forwarding for:

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"Are you a software developer interested in providing a long-term future
for your work? Do you have the time to attend an expenses-paid*, one-day
JISC workshop in London on 7 July 2010? If so, please read on..."
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That does raise the thought of whether the future of a piece of software
should be considered when first writing the software, or whether you
just leave it all to the whim of Darwinian evolution as to whether your
software survives, evolves, or becomes neglected to be lost forever...


Hope of interest,

Cheers,
Martin



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Subject: [lugmaster] [admin] Email following a chat with Hugo Mills
Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:44:29 +0100
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:08:25 +0100
From: Simon Hettrick <s.hettrick at software.ac.uk>


Hello,

I'm trying to get in touch with developers to get them to come to an
(expenses-paid) workshop next month. Basically, we want to pick their
brains to try and find the best ways to ensure a long-term future for
the software that they develop. It would be fantastic to get in touch
with the LUGs, so I had a quick chat with Hugo Mills, who suggested that
I email this address. If at all possible, could you distribute the
following email to your members?


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Are you a software developer interested in providing a long-term future
for your work? Do you have the time to attend an expenses-paid*, one-day
JISC workshop in London on 7 July 2010? If so, please read on to see how
you could contribute to development recommendations from the JISC.

To register for the workshop, email events at software.ac.uk with the
subject ‘Workshop registration’.

Developers can spend years creating software only to see their efforts
lost because their software’s future wasn’t adequately planned. Planning
for the long-term future not only conserves development effort, it also
helps the funding councils see a better return on their investment. We
intend to find the best methods for achieving a long-term future for
software. We will refine these methods with help from developers, and
publicise them so that the whole development community can benefit.

What are the best methods for providing your software with a future?
That’s where the workshop comes in. It’s only worth recommending methods
that developers will actually use, so we will hold the workshop to meet
with developers, ask them for their advice and gain their opinion on our
ideas. The outcomes of the workshop will shape both the JISC’s guidance
given for software development and the work of the newly formed Software
Sustainability Institute. By attending the workshop, you will have a
chance to guide software policy and ensure that it reflects the needs of
developers.

The workshop will run from 10.30-16.00 on 7 July and will take place at
Brettenham House (London, WC2E 7EN). The day will start with a few short
presentations on sustainable development, but will mainly consist of
small groups of developers discussing their ideas and refining our
ideas. For more information, visit the workshop website
http://www.software.ac.uk/SustainingSoftware.html
or contact
events at software.ac.uk.

We are a team of software experts from Curtis+Cartwright
(curtiscartwright.co.uk) and the Software Sustainability Institute
(software.ac.uk) who have been funded by the JISC to investigate the
best methods for preserving software. Our study will lead to
recommendations on topics such as how to choose which software to
preserve, which sustainability model to adopt and how to develop for a
long-term future.

More information
• Registration email: events at software.ac.uk
• Questions: matt.shreeve at curtiscartwright.co.uk
• Workshop website: http://www.software.ac.uk/SustainingSoftware.html
• Venue: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/contactus/findus/london.aspx
• Curtis+Cartwright: http://www.curtiscartwright.co.uk
• The Software Sustainability Institute: http://www.software.ac.uk
• Software preservation blog: http://softwarepreservation.jiscinvolve.org
• *Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed (standard class train
tickets or equivalent). The workshop and the accompanying lunch are free.
________________________________________________________________


Regards,

Simon.
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Simon Hettrick.
The Software Sustainability Institute
(0)2380 598 871