Posted by: Anonymous
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on September 15, 2008 04:53 AM
Marco,
Thanks for your comments. I've read a lot of your work. I did not suggest in my article that all end users can or should contribute to FOSS development. At the same time, I feel the barrier to entry to becoming a contributor is a lot lower than a lot of people think. The first step is being aware of the options. My article provides two: participating in user forums and submitting bug reports. The first is something that a lot of people are going to do anyway and the second is not very difficult for those who wish to do so.
I certainly hope the tone of this article was not bullying.
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Re: Community service for free software users
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 72.95.17.39] on September 15, 2008 04:53 AMThanks for your comments. I've read a lot of your work. I did not suggest in my article that all end users can or should contribute to FOSS development. At the same time, I feel the barrier to entry to becoming a contributor is a lot lower than a lot of people think. The first step is being aware of the options. My article provides two: participating in user forums and submitting bug reports. The first is something that a lot of people are going to do anyway and the second is not very difficult for those who wish to do so.
I certainly hope the tone of this article was not bullying.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
-Drew Ames
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