On Saturday 20 October 2012 21:58:40 [email protected] wrote: Some very good ideas were snipped.
> I'll leave the high-concept projects to you. Just let me know when you put > out your Freebot 1.0 stable release or when you need crowdfunding. I'm > not a PhD computer scientist unfortunately, and it's not likely at 43 Nah, this is a British project. Done for fun, on a shoestring, 'expertise' cobbled together out of people you know who have vaguely related experience. Start with something very basic and iterate. If we do invent something new it'll only be by accident. My involvement is hobby level. Wrt PhDs, don't get distracted by qualifications. RMS's email doesn't say Dr ... PhD. The history of science and technology has plenty of contributions from those who merely doing it out of personal interest. Nobody in free software asks for a copy of your qualifications when you submit a patch. You're as good as your contribution. Do your projects, if in 10 years time you find yourself wondering how come graduates these days don't seem to know anything or you're startled because some Professor on the other side of the world phones when they're having problems compiling your code then don't come complaining to me. Andrew M. 'Leny' Lindley
