[openbeos] Re: How can we recruit more programmers ?

Jared, if you do take on that task it would be a boon to the community, I
think. Good documentation is invaluable. Introductory pieces are often the
most difficult to write. That may seem counterintuitive, but it's true. I
suspect the reason is that you cannot make assumptions about the prior
knowledge of the reader ... or you can assume that it is nil and take on the
responsibility for making absolutely everything explicit.

Czeslaw



> From: "Jared Eldredge" <jared@xxxxxx>
> Reply-To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:36:50 -0400
> To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: How can we recruit more programmers ?
> 
> 
>> Good or Bad idea to send emails to university computer science departments
>> asking if they could contribute to the kernel ?  Isn't this the linux way ?
> 
> 
> personally i think its a good idea.  i also feel strongly that a good tutorial
> still hasn't been produced for students new to programming to dive into BeOS
> api goodness.  
> 
> i myself would benefit greatly from this.  i was intending to start my
> contributions this summer but have since found my time entire occupied by my
> new job.  when i finally get to wear my 'BeOS programming hat' i'll probably
> take on such a task out of neccesity if it isn't already done by someone else.
> 
> -jared
> *  
> i got tired of fixing Windows...
> now i'm unemployed
> * 
> 
>

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