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<h2>Contributors</h2>
<p>
  The following is a list of the major contributing institutions. Contributing
  individuals are mentioned in
  the <a href="/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/src/AUTHORS?view=markup">AUTHORS</a>
  file distributed with Equalizer.
</p>

<div class="float_left"><a href="http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/vmml/">
  <img src="images/VMML_logo_200.png" 
       alt="Visualization and Multimedia Lab, University of Z&uuml;rich"></a>
</div>
<p>
  The Visualization and MultiMedia Lab at the Department of Informatics,
  University of Z&uuml;rich has supported Equalizer since March 2005, with
  Stefan Eilemann leading the project development.
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<h2>Contribute to Equalizer!</h2>
<p>
  Equalizer is an open source project, and therefore the open source community
  is important to us. Whether you are representing an institution or if you are
  an individual contributor, we welcome your contributions. 
</p>
<p>
  We think Equalizer is a cool project, where you can learn a lot about hot
  topics such as 3D visualization, parallel programming and distributed
  systems. The <a href="http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/vmml/">VMML</a> is accepting
  diploma thesis and similar student works around Equalizer.
</p>
<p>
  Drop us an
  <a href="mailto:info@equalizergraphics.com?subject=Question regarding Equalizer: Contributions" class="rule">email</a> or ask on the mailing list if
  you have any open questions. If you are not sure were to start, below are a
  few ideas we think are important, in no particular order:
</p>
<ul>
  <li><b>Binary Packages:</b> Create binary packages of Equalizer releases for
    your favorite platform and operating system (RPM, Windows Installer,
    etc.). One hot candidate is the integration into
    the <a href="http://www.rocksclusters.org/">Rocks Viz Roll</a>. We are happy
    to add your packages to the SourceForge download page.</li>
  <li><b>Documentation:</b> Good documentation is important for Equalizer. While
    we try our best, we have limited time and sometimes we are just to immersed
    in the details. We are looking for a User Guide, contributions to the
    Programming Guide and stand-alone HowTos for whatever you feel needs
    documentation. You can also start adding articles to
    the <a href="http://equalizer.wiki.sourceforge.net/">Wiki</a>.</li>
  <li><b>Better Mac OS X Integration:</b> An XCode project, creation of proper
    frameworks and application packages will help Apple developers. We are also
    looking for a Cocoa port to support 64 bit natively, not just via X11.</li>
  <li><b>Support and Promotion:</b> Subscribe yourself to the 
    <a href="http://www.equalizergraphics.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eq-dev">mailing
      list</a> and support people where you can. Link to this website and let
    people now what Equalizer is capable of.</li>
  <li><b>Applications:</b> Start porting your own OpenGL-based application, or
    pick an existing one. A few suggestions from our side are:</li>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.openscenegraph.org">OpenSceneGraph</a> is regularly
      requested. You would make a lot of friend if you come up with a killer
      demo based on OSG.</li>
    <li><a href="http://public.kitware.com/VTK/">VTK</a> is second on the list
      of requests.</li>
    <li><a href="http://bzflag.org/">BZFlag</a> Wouldn't it be fun to play
      BZFlag in an immersive environment?</li>
  </ul>
  <li><b>New Features:</b> Head over to the <a href="/features.html">Feature
      List</a> or suggest your own feature which is missing from Equalizer. We
    are happy to give you guidance on the design and implementation, if
    needed.</li>
</ul>


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