OK I admit and I quit.........I better do my media center work rather than stepping into the community........ Bhavani Shankar.
On 10/31/07, Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +++ Bhavani Shankar R [2007-10-31 13:29:13]: > > > Not at all.. See one thing i have observed while i go to a talk is > mainly > > students ask whether there is recognition if we do something for the > community > > without having a page which describes the team participation and sort of > stuff? > > The FOSS world is a meritocracy you are have to prove yourself by your > actions and work. Websites, Forums and Announcements/Publicity are > secondary > to actual programming/code contribution/releases. Whereas in the world of > proprietary software, it's the exact opposite you first have the website > and > publicity in place.. the software comes last. > > You are going about it in the exact wrong order. You want a page with your > name on it, even before you have actually contributed anything! > Which is not the way things work in the FOSS world. > > You claimed that the Ubuntu-Bangalore team was about kannada localisation > efforts. > > Your total contribution to the kannada localisation effort is "One Word" > according to launchpad. https://translations.edge.launchpad.net/~bhavi/ > > Just about every single person listed here > https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+lang/kn > has contributed more to the Kannada localisation effort than you. > > Why should they be willing to work under you, when they have clearly more > experience and proven contributions ? > > (BTW Sticking with translations, "Google Earth" would translated to > "Google > Prithvi" and not "Google Duniya" , Duniya = World. And your french > translations have glaring mistakes which stick out to native french > speakers. Avoid contributing translations in languages you aren't fluent > in.) > > If you see a problem with how the localisation team is going about > their work, join the team and help them work better. Nobody here is > claiming > that they are perfect. And are more than willing to change the way things > work if shown a more efficient/beneficial way of doing things. > > > (I mean contributing locally) because of the fact that many engineering > > students will have on campus placements and there the people who come as > > interviewers ask for proof of contribution if he/she has done so... > > Proof of contribution doesn't necessarily have to be your name on the > wall. > > A mother doesn't maintain a log about everything she's done for her > child to prove that she's contributed to her children's development. > > If you are proven contributor, even if your name isn't listed anywhere the > senior/active members of the project will know who you are and they will > be > more than happy to be a referee you can list on your resume. > > If you are looking for a job that is related to Linux/open source in India > you are missing the point that most of the members on this and other lists > are already working in those companies. And if you came across as a "doer > of > things" and one who walks the walk and doesn't just talk the talk they > would > be more than happy to recommend you for a job in their own company. > (Actions > speak louder than words... and all we have seen from you so far is words) > > I'm sure there are enough people here who would tell you that they have > landed jobs that way, because someone in the community noticed their work. > > Kingsly > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kingsly At Users Dot SourceForge Dot Net -- http://kingsly.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >
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