Announcing XBMC DEV CON 2008 hosted by boxee

**Gamester17** · 2008-05-30, 19:07

XBMC DEV CON 2008 will be the first event in which the developers on Team-XBMC get a chance to get together face-to-face, meet and greet, discuss XBMC, and maybe get a little coding done as well. After 6 years and with so many users, it is time for the Team-XBMC programmers to get out of the IRC chat-room and meet up in person to talk about the past, present, and future, set priorities and make plans (and yeah, play a few games), and who knows, this may even lead to a XBMC fan convention in the not too distant future.

When and where?
June the 13th, 14th, and 15th in Amsterdam.

Who is boxee?
boxee is a NYC-based start-up company that will soon be offering a social networking multimedia-platform built on-top of XBMC. Much as Red Hat and Firefox are specific businesses that have products built on open source code and open technologies as their framework, boxee's aim is to bring the core XBMC platform to the mainstream consumer. boxee is fully committed to the growth and success of XBMC and will continue to contribute back upstream to the XBMC code base under the GPL license. boxee is hosting the 2008 DEV CON, and will be going into public alpha testing of their product beginning on the 15th of June 2008. Team-XBMC is very excited to have our code base used in boxee's product, and we look forward to more people discovering XBMC through boxee. This initiative will hopefully lead others to use XBMC in a similar fashion.

How to get involved:
* Propose ideas for stuff that you would like Team-XBMC to discuss here in this forum topic-thread
* Meet Team-XBMC for drinks on the evening of June the 14th (details will be posted on the boxee blog)
* Sign up for boxee alpha testing: www.boxee.tv
* Follow boxee progress on the boxee blog: blog.boxee.tv
* Send boxee a Twitter with a comment or question: http://twitter.com/boxee

Signed / Team-XBMC

Rand Al Thor · 2008-05-30, 20:17

Wow! That is some big news. The boxee.tv site didn't give too much info. Can any of the devs elaborate? Congrats as well to the team. Hope you all have a great time. Down a pint for me!

**Gamester17** · 2008-05-30, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rand Al Thor

The boxee.tv site didn't give too much info. Can any of the devs elaborate?

Not really, boxee is officialy still in 'stealth mode'. All we can say is that boxee is a NYC-based start-up founded by a few avid XBMC users. They have been working with Team-XBMC behind the scenes for just over a year now, developing their product while at the same time submitting patches upstream to XBMC. More details are likely to come out starting June 15th, when they will launch an Alpha version of their XBMC-based boxee software.

PS! With twitter currently having some issues you guys can also follow the boxee blog on friendfeed.com/boxee

boscorillium · 2008-05-30, 21:00

Not enough notice!!

Bram77 · 2008-05-30, 22:17

I've signed up. I'm not sure what to expect. But it sure did make me curious

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nate12o6 · 2008-05-30, 22:18

Ive signed up for the alpha yet i have know clue what it is hehe.

Maverick-DBZ- · 2008-05-31, 00:13

I signed up and I'm totally in the dark as well. I can't wait to see what's around the corner!

mjsmyth · 2008-05-31, 00:22

I'm all a tingle with anticipation! Hopefully this will be good, whatever it is!!!

lingenfr_xbmc · 2008-05-31, 02:25

Last time I tried to paypal the team, it went unclaimed. Are you all interested in your grateful users helping to defray travel expenses?

**natethomas** · 2008-05-31, 03:14

If this is something akin to popcorn hour, only with xbmc, I will go freaking crazy with joy.

"Because I've ordered devices like that before - wasted a pretty penny, I don't mind telling you. And if The Peni... I mean, boxee works, I'll order a dozen."

2008-05-30, 19:07	#1
Gamester17 Team-XBMC Project Manager Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,582	Announcing XBMC DEV CON 2008 hosted by boxee XBMC DEV CON 2008 will be the first event in which the developers on Team-XBMC get a chance to get together face-to-face, meet and greet, discuss XBMC, and maybe get a little coding done as well. After 6 years and with so many users, it is time for the Team-XBMC programmers to get out of the IRC chat-room and meet up in person to talk about the past, present, and future, set priorities and make plans (and yeah, play a few games), and who knows, this may even lead to a XBMC fan convention in the not too distant future. When and where? June the 13th, 14th, and 15th in Amsterdam. Who is boxee? boxee is a NYC-based start-up company that will soon be offering a social networking multimedia-platform built on-top of XBMC. Much as Red Hat and Firefox are specific businesses that have products built on open source code and open technologies as their framework, boxee's aim is to bring the core XBMC platform to the mainstream consumer. boxee is fully committed to the growth and success of XBMC and will continue to contribute back upstream to the XBMC code base under the GPL license. boxee is hosting the 2008 DEV CON, and will be going into public alpha testing of their product beginning on the 15th of June 2008. Team-XBMC is very excited to have our code base used in boxee's product, and we look forward to more people discovering XBMC through boxee. This initiative will hopefully lead others to use XBMC in a similar fashion. How to get involved: * Propose ideas for stuff that you would like Team-XBMC to discuss here in this forum topic-thread * Meet Team-XBMC for drinks on the evening of June the 14th (details will be posted on the boxee blog) * Sign up for boxee alpha testing: www.boxee.tv * Follow boxee progress on the boxee blog: blog.boxee.tv * Send boxee a Twitter with a comment or question: http://twitter.com/boxee Signed / Team-XBMC Last edited by Gamester17; 2008-05-31 at 19:50.

2008-05-31, 00:13	#7
Maverick-DBZ- Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA, California Posts: 11	I signed up and I'm totally in the dark as well. I can't wait to see what's around the corner! __________________

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2008-05-30, 20:17	#2
Rand Al Thor Collect3 Project Manager Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sunny Seattle Posts: 887	Wow! That is some big news. The boxee.tv site didn't give too much info. Can any of the devs elaborate? Congrats as well to the team. Hope you all have a great time. Down a pint for me!

2008-05-30, 21:00	#4
boscorillium Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 34	Not enough notice!!

2008-05-30, 22:17	#5
Bram77 Skilled Python Coder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 741	I've signed up. I'm not sure what to expect. But it sure did make me curious .

2008-05-30, 22:18	#6
nate12o6 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 142	Ive signed up for the alpha yet i have know clue what it is hehe.

2008-05-31, 00:22	#8
mjsmyth Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 61	I'm all a tingle with anticipation! Hopefully this will be good, whatever it is!!!

2008-05-31, 02:25	#9
lingenfr_xbmc Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 92	Last time I tried to paypal the team, it went unclaimed. Are you all interested in your grateful users helping to defray travel expenses?

2008-05-31, 03:14	#10
natethomas Team-XBMC Forum Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 955	If this is something akin to popcorn hour, only with xbmc, I will go freaking crazy with joy. "Because I've ordered devices like that before - wasted a pretty penny, I don't mind telling you. And if The Peni... I mean, boxee works, I'll order a dozen."

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