[svlug] Free Programming Available

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Norman,

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:09 PM,  <norm at dad.org> wrote:
> I'm a retired mathematician/programmer, interested in providing free
> programming to a project, individual or organization.
>
> I'd prefer open source, but don't insist on it.
>
> In the distant past I've programmed in C and C++. In the even more distant past
> I've programmed in FORTRAN, assembly languages, and a host of long since
> deceased languages.
>
> But at this point I know Java best and strongly prefer it.
>

Eric Raymond gives some advice on how to contribute to open-source
projects here:

* http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

* http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/

* http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Release-Practice-HOWTO/

You may consider visiting https://openhatch.org/ and seeing what you
can contribute. I have some proejcts of my own at
http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/ and could mentor some people
who are interested (they are mostly Perl 5 and C and not really Java).
I've also began to write:

http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/How_to_start_contributing_to_or_using_Open_Source_Software

If you'd like to discuss this further, please contact me via IM at:

http://www.shlomifish.org/me/contact-me/


> I live in southern Palo Alto and can travel anywhere within an old man's
> bicycling distance.
>
>        Norman  Shapiro
>

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

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Electrical Engineering studies. In the Technion. Been there. Done
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