On Fri, 16 May 2008 11:56:56 +0000 Daniel Wyckoff wrote: > > > Hi, > > My name is Daniel Wyckoff. I'm an ex-web-developer, Caltech dropout > with a very strong interest in developing GNU-Lilypond-related > software and noticed on the ToDo list for GNU Lilypond several > OOo-related items. I'll be frank; my main interest in OOo is as a > developer in search of a segue into a full-time salaried software > engineer position with Sun or any of OOo's other sponsors, developing > for either StarOffice or OOo. Please don't flame me for sounding > ultra-selfish, but I need money to attend music conservatory so I can > train as a composer. What I would like to see happen with OOo is > perhaps some organized meritocratic system whereby a volunteer > programmer can earn "priority points" based on how much relevant code > he has contributed, a high number of which points would sway sponsors > into hiring him to either further develop the code he has already > contributed to OOo, or to further develop other higher priority OOo > code. >
In Open Source Development you just contribute and if your code is good and your work ethic is good you will be noticed. > My question is: Does anything like I describe right above exist? I'm > 31 now and can spend a couple of years as a volunteer doing my own OOo > code, but probably not much more than that. Mostly I would be working > on a user-interface in OOo for GNU Lilypond that initially replicates > the functionality of Emacs' lilypond-mode and will ultimately > encapsulate new functionality that existing projects don't have. You are probably looking to write an extension. Start here: http://extensions.openoffice.org/ > Of course I usually use Emacs to compose scores and don't really need > OOo for Lilypond-stuff, but many non-power-users would benefit from my > planned project. If it's relatively unlikely that I can segue several > years' worth of volunteer code for OOo into a full-time position, I > would rather just forget about developing OOo altogether, and stick to > adding new functionality to Emacs. (After all, elisp is fun!!!) > > Thanks for your time, and sorry if this question is asked a lot! Very few devs spend much time on this list. > (I searched and searched the archives, believe me, and couldn't find > anything related to what I would think would be a common question.) > -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
