Sam wrote: > Additionally the whole purpose of machines is to offload work.
Agreed. Unfortunately, they can't code yet :-) (This was a... nevermind. ;-P ) > Why do anything open source if it is not to have other people use it? Remember that you are talking about our free time. Please let us choose ourselves what to do that time. > I am not saying that your FAQ is useless, I am saying that the > attitude in it is destructive. If you were subscribed to this list and had literally hundreds of redundant posts delivered to your mailbox, you'd probably have the same attitute. >> "If you do have resources, and say so up front, you are assured of a >> polite and civil welcome." > > The resources I offer are myself, as a tester, bug reporter, and user. That's valueable in general, but not in this case, because there is nothing to test. > Or do only people who are able to develop in c/java/javascript/etc count? The task to do now is coding, so only resources which help with that count. A few tousand dollar, for example, do count, because you could pay me to do the work. > And if I don't have "resources" that qualify for your defination, what > kind of welcome can I expect? In the spellchecker case, not a warm one, because you are essentially wasting our time. There are other areas where you can help, and you are welcome to help there, as Gerv pointed out in the FAQ.
