On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Alexandre Strube wrote: > Em Seg, 2004-01-12 às 14:50, Sam Barnett-Cormack escreveu: > (...) > > As it is, I'd love to contribute to development of the distro, but > > that'd mean I need a spare machine to do it on, and my financial > > situation is far from rosy. > > It's not easy for anyone. If its difficult in UK, think about it in the > so-called third world, were salaries are a fraction of yours. > > Anyway, I took the saturday afternoon to contribute, and everyday I > contribute to brazilian openoffice... And I'm preety sure that the 600 > dollars monthly that my bosses pays me is way less than yours. The time isn't a problem, it's the physical resources. I have 1 computer capable of running a modern distro, and that's my workstation. I can't risk that by experimenting with a development version, which would be necessary to contribute. Oh, and I earn UKP256 in a good month. -- Sam Barnett-Cormack Software Developer | Student of Physics & Maths UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk) | Lancaster University
