[Gretl-devel] Promoting gretl to get more users and developers

Dear gretl users, For gretl to continue to be developed and improved, it needs more people contribution code to the project. This could to some part be done with the help of user-written extensions in the form of add-on packages, as I have described earlier (see http://lists.wfu.edu/pipermail/gretl-devel/2008-March/000961.html). However, there is also a need for more programmers with knowledge of C that can contribute to the project. To get these programmers, gretl has to be more known, in order to attract more users, whith hopefully some of these also being programmers. Being an open source project that is developed on a voluntary basis, gretl cannot afford to buy ads in econometrical or statistical journals to get attention. However, there is a way to get attention: By people writing reviews of gretl for these journals. There have already appeared several reviews of gretl in econometrical/statistical journals: Journal of Applied Econometrics (2003, 2006 and 2007) and Journal of Statistical Software (2008). Any user who can write a review would contribute to promoting gretl. The following journals publishes reviews of statistical software, and would probably accept a review of gretl if someone writes it: - The American Statistician: http://www.amstat.org/PUBLICATIONS/tas/ - Computational Statistics: http://www.springer.com/statistics/journal/180 - International Journal of Forecasting: http://www.forecasters.org/ijf/ - Scientific Computing: http://www.scientificcomputing.com/ - British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology: http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/journals/bjmsp/ Probably also the following journal: - Computational Economics: http://www.springer.com/economics/economic+theory/journal/10614 I hope there are users that are willing to write reviews for these journals and thereby contribute to promoting gretl. If you cannot contribute code to the project, this is a way you can contribute. Best regards Andreas