I'm with Roger and Wilfred. Just because one doesn't participate in the
actual
development of an open-source application, doesn't mean one doesn't contribute.
There are other ways to contribute.
I don't have time to code. But I'd like to think that I contribute. I test
out
the alpha and beta version of Ubuntu, OpenOffice, and Google Chrome. And I
report bugs that I encounter or confirm them if they have been reported
earlier.
We use a number of open-source applications in our office. And I participate
in this mailing list here. ;-)
--- mike t.
>
>From: Wilfred Villarruz <wilfre...@gmail.com>
>To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List
><plug@lists.linux.org.ph>
>Sent: Monday, February 7, 2011 12:44:16
>Subject: Re: [plug] The Philippines in Open Source Contributions
>
>contributing to open source is not only about participating in the development
>of the source codes or programming.
>
>we can contribute by using, advocating, and helping other organizations and
>individuals with need and less money to acquire expensive commercial software,
>use free and open-source software.
>
>i agree with rogelio, there lots of ways to contribute while earning from it.
>
>
>
>WILFRED MANUEL B. VILLARRUZ
>Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Consultant
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>Email: wilfre...@gmail.com
>
>
>
>On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Rogelio Serrano <rogelio.serr...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Miguel Paraz <mpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I remember one conclusion from last time was that if someone had the
>>> talent and the time, they would better spend it on a sideline rather
>>> on working on an open source project.
>>
>>thats a very old fashioned view of open source. there are so many ways
>>to monetize open source. its a collaborative innovation network. when
>>other developers download and work on your software they are
>>collaborators. all knowledge is open. open source is best explioted by
>>a non traditional enterprise. most software people look at software
>>creation as a self supporting revenue generating activity. it is not.
>>it is not a microsoft like ecosystem. open source is an enabler for
>>economic activity. it is free knowledge. its not property.
>>
>>intel pays people to write open source software to drive hardware
>>sales. thats one very nice way to do it. the other is red hat. if you
>>want to save time you pay them for the binaries otherwise if you have
>>the time and/or people you pay too, you can download the source and
>>build them yourself and improve it if you want.
>>
>>--
>>quarq consulting: agile, open source
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