New Document: "How to Start Contributing to or Using Open Source Software"

[Shlomi Fish]

On Tuesday 28 Dec 2010 01:04:20 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2010/12/28 Amit Elbaz <orentet at gmail.com>:
> > great document overall. good job.
> 
> I agree, nice work Shlomi. I see that you gave all the Linux distros a
> fair shot, even mentioning Ubuntu before Mandriva! Are you sure that
> you wrote this?!?

Yes, I did. I thought it was fair to mention Ubuntu because it appears to be 
the most popular distribution right now, especially for beginners and one of 
the most polished ones. I've also decided to forget about their treatment of 
me in the past (seeing that it wasn't important for the prosperity of the 
community as a whole.).

> 
> I'm not convinced that the "sainthood" part is relevant. It just makes
> things look more complicated than it has to be, and it adds no value.
> Other than that, it is a terrific piece. In fact, I just registered at
> openhatch.org and am looking for a C++ mentor to help me contribute to
> KDE. Thanks!

OK, I'll consider removing the sainthood part. I may prove of some help with 
KDE, given my time constraints, but I'm not an expert in either C++ or KDE. 
Today I was reminded of this quote from 
http://www.perl.com/pub/1999/09/topaz.html :

{{{
Now I'd like to ask how many of you do not know anything about C++? Okay, a 
fair number, so I'm going to have to explain—everyone else is lying. Two kinds 
of people: people who say that they know C++ and the truthful.
}}}

I used to feel that Salzenberg was joking in saying that, but now, many years 
later, I realise how he was correct in saying that.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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