On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Onno Benschop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 28/05/08 08:30, Onno Benschop wrote: > > On 27/05/08 18:11, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: > > > >> To my mind the biggest contribution downstream projects make is saving > >> developers time. My experience suggests that it if you are a developer > >> and you want to spend less time fighting your distro and more time > >> doing actual productive coding, then Ubuntu is one of the better > >> choices. > >> > >> > > +1 > > > > As an IT consultant I've been able to contribute more to Ubuntu than any > > distribution or project before. I can submit bugs, create patches, > > provide user help and participate with a very low entry point. I can > > become a member of a team > > > > Over the years I've contributed to other projects, but never felt that > > it was noticed - I'm not talking about a thank-you, just that when you > > made a contribution, it was picked up, looked at, critiqued and used > > where appropriate. Ubuntu does this better than any other group of > > people I know. > > > > > > > Hmm, seems I got distracted when hitting send here :| > > What I meant the first paragraph to say was this: > > As an IT consultant I've been able to contribute more to Ubuntu than any > distribution or project before. I can submit bugs, create patches, > provide user help and participate with a very low entry point. I can > become a member of a team where I can contribute to a specific aspect > of the project on a code and policy level. > > > -- > Onno Benschop > > Connected via Optus B3 at S31°54'06" - E115°50'39" (Yokine, WA) > -- > ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. > |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. > --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. > > ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > I would echo these thoughts. Sorry for hijaking this thread. By having a low entry to something like ubuntu-docs and encouraging further growth into the community and teh development process it has been an amazing place to help gve back some of my not spare time. Which is growing smaller and smaller by the minute. Glad to be of any servce that I can. Jonathan
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