What I've learned from having two young children is that kids have a strong desire for attention. It's amazing when they can satisfy that desire by impressing someone with their intelligence or achievement. This is the exact behavior I try to reinforce. There are a lot of bad ways for children to seek attention as you can imagine, like doing something that gets them in trouble.
I think as kids grow up they may find other ways to gain attention and have other desires besides attention. But what I hope to instill in them at a young age is that people will like you if you can show them you are smart as opposed to showing them you can, I don't know, do something that gets you sent to the principals office.
I don't appreciate the idea of Winners vs. Losers in the open source world. It's not a game. There are a lot of open source projects that never get released or never get a following, but that doesn't make them Losers. Sometimes you start a project and find out that someone else has already done, or is doing, something better. Sometimes you just lose interest. Things happen. At least some people are trying. And they're not losers.
I say this because I have started/joined several now-dead projects.
I was actually trying to be funny with that post. Guess nobody got it.
This raises another interesting point.
What happens to Open Source Software that accidentally deletes users files?
From the GPL "This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
Would that protect me, the author, in the event my software accidentially wiped out someones computer? I would never want this to happen, but there is a possability with one of my open source projects, GrubConf.
Learning Linux simply by using it at home will be a timely process. And you only really learn something if you have to deal with it. So there is no way you could learn enough about Linux to support your company in a reasonable amount of time.
If your company is willing to pay for it, take a course!
Yeah, I downloaded the Matrix Reloaded using bit torrent. But I also watched the movie twice in the theatre and refused to watch the download until I had seen it in the theatre. And I'm willing to bet most of the people who downloaded it watched it in the theatres as well.
This is especially true for this movie because so much of the draw is the visual effects and the whole theatre experience. It was well worth the cost of the ticket to see it in the theatre.
I would never replace the theatre experience with a poor-quality download.
I am a project manager for several open source projects and have had a great deal of trouble finding developers that will actually help with development. How do you find reliable developers that make a real contribution to your project?
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What I've learned from having two young children is that kids have a strong desire for attention. It's amazing when they can satisfy that desire by impressing someone with their intelligence or achievement. This is the exact behavior I try to reinforce. There are a lot of bad ways for children to seek attention as you can imagine, like doing something that gets them in trouble.
I think as kids grow up they may find other ways to gain attention and have other desires besides attention. But what I hope to instill in them at a young age is that people will like you if you can show them you are smart as opposed to showing them you can, I don't know, do something that gets you sent to the principals office.
Just wanted to add that I wrote a very similar article 8 years ago: ContributingToFOSS.
I don't appreciate the idea of Winners vs. Losers in the open source world. It's not a game. There are a lot of open source projects that never get released or never get a following, but that doesn't make them Losers. Sometimes you start a project and find out that someone else has already done, or is doing, something better. Sometimes you just lose interest. Things happen. At least some people are trying. And they're not losers.
I say this because I have started/joined several now-dead projects.
I was actually trying to be funny with that post. Guess nobody got it.
This raises another interesting point.
What happens to Open Source Software that accidentally deletes users files?
From the GPL "This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
Would that protect me, the author, in the event my software accidentially wiped out someones computer? I would never want this to happen, but there is a possability with one of my open source projects, GrubConf.
If its in the EULA they can do anything they want and have the arse covered.
By using this software you grant us the right to delete all your files
only pirates use them.
Yarr, me matey
Sorry, just getting ready for Talk Like A Pirate Day next Sunday (Sept. 19th)
You'll be a pro in no time.
... I hope you intended this to be a Joke.
Ummm
Learning Linux simply by using it at home will be a timely process. And you only really learn something if you have to deal with it. So there is no way you could learn enough about Linux to support your company in a reasonable amount of time.
If your company is willing to pay for it, take a course!
... immagine the possabilities
I heard that this bet was settled a while ago (although, maybe not officially), and it was for a subscription to Playboy, not Encyclopedias.
.. although I don't have it handy to confirm the anty of the bet.
I remember first reading about this bet in his book "A Brief History of Time"
Check out Ratpoison and this article at Freshmeat.
Yeah, I downloaded the Matrix Reloaded using bit torrent. But I also watched the movie twice in the theatre and refused to watch the download until I had seen it in the theatre. And I'm willing to bet most of the people who downloaded it watched it in the theatres as well.
This is especially true for this movie because so much of the draw is the visual effects and the whole theatre experience. It was well worth the cost of the ticket to see it in the theatre.
I would never replace the theatre experience with a poor-quality download.
I am a project manager for several open source projects and have had a great deal of trouble finding developers that will actually help with development. How do you find reliable developers that make a real contribution to your project?