>> >> Yup, I'll second that. If you contribute to an open source project, >> you have a traceable footprint on the 'net and your capabilities can >> be examined. When I'm an employer interviewing people, I Google them >> to see what they've done publicly... > >Rut-roh. > >Look man, I can explain! I had been drinking, you see, and the >re-factor seemed like a really good idea, you know? > >Heh. These new deals, where you get "cred" for answering questions >and whatnot are interesting too. > >Feels sorta like whoring tho. I'm enough of a whore at my day job. > >I don't do what I do to score points. Not /those/ kinds of points. >I'm at a whole 'nuther level. :) > >LOL. Ah yeah. > >Besides being a great place to say, "look what was done", open source >projects are a great place to say "so that's how it was done". The >cleaner and clearer and more organized you can be, the better. > >Not just because it looks good, but because things actually function >better that way. It's easier for people to contribute, etc.. Open >source teaches a lot, it's like the cyber street. You can lean stuff >you'd never learn elsewhere, but you can also die out there. > >Some dude had this funny view of open source: that it was survival of >the fittest, and a battle of sorts. If people doing the same stuff >don't want to team up, crush them. >And I can see that side of open source too, but it seems a sad perspective. > >Although "crush them" just sounds freaking fun, doesn't it? > >Anyways, I guess I think that it's pretty cool that people can be >judged by their work so easy these days. That's something that always >pissed me off growing up- how hard that was to do, when it seemed so >logical. Probably always be a good bit of "who you know" tho, as >that's sorta fundamental. > >Eh. Anywhoo, I'll wind up this winding missive by saying how stoked I >am that there are open source CFML engines that are freaking sweet. >It at least provides the potential of millions of contributors, which >closed source simply cannot. Yes, I said "potential". >I don't care that currently there may be only two... potential is power. > >Maybe. > >LOL > >:D3N >
Den, i totally hear you, so lets talk about starting i wanna do it , with the full functionalites that cf has to offer. agree upon a framework to start? Make a site to propose the idea to the rest of the community? make that site the beginnings of the entire project, and the communication portal? creating a discussion board would be were i likely would think a good place to start, and then generating a proposal form there ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333408 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
