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They need to learn how to solicit the non-programmer
This is the sort of contribution someone like myself should be getting into. I know nothing about programming languages, but I can do most anything else, including simple scripting. The more we non-programmers can contribute to F/OSS projects, the more the programmers can concentrate on programming.

The problem is that I knew nothing about this contest. I'm on the mailing list but since most of what's on the list does not pertain to me it's easy to miss the parts that could be of interest to me. Maybe a separate mailing list should be created for non-programmers to draw these people into contributing where they can.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 10/02/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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They need to learn how to solicit the non-programmer  Michael Kelly | 10/02/06
50 million downloads maybe...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/02/06
Help and money.  Anton Philidor | 10/02/06
There *is* a connection  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/02/06
So Sun is wrecking OpenOffice help...  Anton Philidor | 10/02/06
No, Anton  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/02/06
Untangling  Anton Philidor | 10/02/06
I don't know about that  voska | 10/02/06
I think open source needs MVPs just as MS does.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/02/06
You just stumbled on the business model  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/02/06
MVP's  JJ_z | 10/03/06
You could not be more wrong..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/06
50 Million isn't that big  voska | 10/02/06
More than a toy  phburks | 10/02/06
Email?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/02/06
Ranting?  phburks | 10/03/06
The numbers sound about right  zkiwi | 10/02/06
I give "props" when deserved.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/02/06
All Software are just plain jokes  LinuxUser&XPGamerGraphic | 10/04/06
OO.o vs. F/OSS  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/02/06
In House Operating System Product; Heal is Microsoft  mighetto | 10/02/06
What we "got" was another lame attempt  John Zern | 10/02/06
myth + fiction + facts = half truth  LinuxUser&XPGamerGraphic | 10/04/06
why not contribute  zzz1234567890 | 10/02/06
Excuses  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/02/06
I presume you are referrig to people like:  B.O.F.H. | 10/02/06
Since open source development goes back to at least 1983...  B.O.F.H. | 10/02/06
Wal-Mart to use more part-timers, wage caps  BrutalTruth | 10/02/06
Well-paid slavery  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/02/06
YBK, just have to look at where the opinion...  Monkey_MCSE | 10/02/06
Amateur vs. Professional  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/02/06
Exactly!  voska | 10/02/06
The Great Consolation  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/02/06
I don't know if I'd consider that giving back  voska | 10/03/06
I can't believe it but I agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/02/06
I will be happy if my piece of software  LinuxUser&XPGamerGraphic | 10/04/06
WAL-MART  Suicida| | 10/02/06
Not Quite  JimSatterfieldW | 10/04/06
Been reading my pay stub?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/02/06
To all of my Linux Brethren?.REJOICE  tonyman262 | 10/02/06
Funniest Thing I Ever Read.  savatar | 10/02/06
high tech hunting  shryko | 10/04/06
Enough about the drawbacks of open source...  jasonp@... | 10/02/06
Business is ever going to take software written as a hobby seriously  mrjonno | 10/03/06
well apparently...  Monkey_MCSE | 10/03/06
It's a business model that is doomed  jpr75_z | 10/03/06
no software  Patanjali | 07/06/08
This assessment coming from...  Chad_z | 10/03/06
What are you asking for?  Zuel | 10/03/06
health care costs  zzz1234567890 | 10/03/06
Kind if makes  Linux User 147560 | 10/03/06
Stallman and his stupid GPL3  Linux User 147560 | 10/03/06
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I thought people were paid to do this  Mark Miller | 10/03/06
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No Competition Just an Open Template Library  rtb | 10/05/06

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