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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 11 October 2004 15:49, Neil Williams wrote:
Where there IS an alternative, use it (even if it does everything you need but doesn't do everything you *want*) and join the mailing list to ask about those features that are different to a proprietary version. If you've got the skills, JOIN the project, submit patches and bug reports, submit documentation (if you can write an email you can write documentation), help others on the mailing list (as here) and take part.
One bit I will add to this. If you don't have the skills to help directly in the coding (like I don't) one thing you can do is to help test alpha/beta versions. One oft quoted reason for not helping test software is that your machine is your only production machine and you can't risk said machine, the answer is 'User Mode Linux' - it works and doesn't compromise your primary OS. Jon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBaqP7sE9YhfwRqJwRAs6dAJ4ivryHrjkW5uK3oD0OIbn4dslQKQCdGYHs fu5zUMcmegQo38LQDQwGcMI= =gGrb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.