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Do you sell software for RISC OS?

Posted by Steve Revill Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:18:00 GMT

If so, ROOL are very keen to speak with you about an idea that we feel could bring you more customers and bring more users and developers into the RISC OS scene.

If your software is free, then don’t worry – ROOL are planning on speaking to active developers of free RISC OS software over the coming weeks, too!

Commercial developers, please get in touch with ROOL by sending an email to oem@riscosopen.org including the following information:

• Subject: ENQUIRY
• The name of your business
• Your website URL
• A list of your commercial RISC OS software (and very briefly what it is)

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RISC OS 5.18 for Iyonix and Beagleboard

Posted by Steve Revill Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:46:00 GMT

New RISC OS ROM release (version 5.18)

RISC OS Open (ROOL) are pleased to announce the immediate release of the very latest stable RISC OS ROM release featuring no less than 340 improvements since the last even numbered release.

This is an official release that has been vetted by Castle Technology (Castle) for the Iyonix PC desktop computer and RComp Ltd (RComp) for the BeagleBoard xM based ARMini.

You can download RISC OS 5.18 free of charge from this page.

This software is subject to continual improvement and work has already commenced on RISC OS 5.19! Using the convention of even numbers for stable editions and odd numbers for development editions, users can feedback any issues seen to make it into the next version.

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ROOL doubling-up bounty donations

Posted by Steve Revill Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:20:00 GMT

ROOL is hereby pledging to match, pound for pound, the first £1000 donated into our bounty scheme, spread across all bounties. This means that every £1 you donate is worth £2 to a developer who implements your chosen bounty. It also means that it’s in your interest to donate early, while this money is still available! We will keep the remaining amount available visible on the bounty page so you have some idea how much longer you can take advantage of this scheme.

There is one exception: we won’t be matching donations to the RISC OS Open administration bounty, since this would just be paying money back into the same fund from which we’re making the matched donations, so this would be pointless!

We will be starting by matching the donations already made into the bounty scheme. The donation matching process will be performed manually by ROOL staff so don’t be surprised if it takes a few days before the matching donation from ROOL appears in the relevant pot!

For more information, please take a look at this page.

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RISC OS Open Bounties

Posted by Steve Revill Thu, 26 May 2011 01:00:00 GMT

Development of RISC OS has been increasing in pace since the first batch of source code was published here on the 19th May 2007. There have been people purchasing the development tools from us all over the globe, from the US through Europe, Russia and out to New Zealand and Australia. We’re seeing more and more people getting stuck in and contributing to the future of the OS.

We are extremely grateful to all of those who are contributing their time and energy in return for little more than the knowledge that they have contributed. Things being the way they are, however, it’s sometimes difficult to find the time to put into such a labour of love.

What could sometimes help an enthusiastic developer to find a bit of extra free time is a small financial reward. And we think there is a way to do this: the ROOL Bounty Scheme. It is an opportunity for the RISC OS community as a whole to make their voices heard by voting with their wallets…

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