On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 20:59 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > depends on their interests. For me it was an interest in ...
That really is critical. If you don't have some intrinsic motivation driving you to want to do something, it's very hard to be involved. Of course, many of us work on are things that are prerequisites for something that we are passionate about; but wanting that dependency to work so we can get on with the thing we are really interested in does lead to a great deal of the activity that happens. [and then something that dependency uses needs fixing, and then you pause that to enhance on a tool that makes working on that lower project better, and the next thing you know you're writing kernel device drivers. Don't laugh; I know one guy who didn't stop at the kernel; last I heard he was doing Open Hardware VLSI design. This is being "Deeply recursed" :) Not sure if he ever got that bug he filed fixed. Seems like he's still "interested", though, and that's ultimately all that matters] That all said, there are any number of projects that might be of interest. If your daughter's husband still wants to work on Open Source × Java, I am active in that space so I'd be more than happy to make some suggestions. AfC Sydney -- Andrew Frederick Cowie Operational Dynamics is an operations and engineering consultancy focusing on IT strategy, organizational architecture, systems review, and effective procedures for change management. We actively carry out research and development in these areas on behalf of our clients, and enable successful use of open source in their mission critical enterprises, worldwide. http://www.operationaldynamics.com/ Sydney New York Toronto London
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