I agree 100%. We give money to some charities, and my wife has, over the last ten years, donated a huge amount of her own time and energy to charitable work.
As a software developer, I regard my most useful contribution to the public good to be spending my time helping push forward open source software efforts, both my own (the Colony platform) and others like Linux. For everyone with software skills, I suggest finding a way to contribute to an open source software effort. There are many choices to suit every skill set and skill level. On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > If the problems of charity were solved by private work, there would be no > incentive for the government to get involved. > > For those who rail against a "socialist state", get off your butt, and help > your neighbor, so the government doesn't feel the need. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292568 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
