[Microkernel-devroom] Devrooms for 2012

[Martin Decky]

> - panel discussion about interesting topics of the day; the projects can
> put together their specific list (one or two items each) of what's hot
> in their world and bring it to the panel discussion (ideally preceded by
> some form of introduction if needed)
>
> - not sure if there will be any public, but if there is, we can have
> Q&A's session with the public

The presence of public really matters a lot here. If we do it without 
the public, we can probably focus on our technical topics in a great 
detail, but then again, what's the point of going to Brussels?

On the other hand, with the public we would probably also have to talk 
about the differences between the monolithic (and currently dominating) 
OSes and microkernels. Possibly in a more abstract and not-so-technical 
way. But in the long run, explaining the general motivations behind our 
development efforts and our shared goals in public might be even more 
important than comparing our specifics.

Even the coding session can be split into two halves: A hard-core 
hackaton for us and more introductory "classes" for the public which 
would demonstrate that you don't have to be a guru to understand an OS 
(if it is well written, that is :-)).


M.D.