1. Woot! I'll second the shout-out. And thanks for giving it prominence by writing here, Eloise.

Posted at 12:29PM on Oct 27th 2007 by Otenth Paderborn

2. I sent him a thank you on Twitter, but thanks, Eloise for posting it here.

It's a good article and I really felt nice, reading it.
I agree with you, and with Barney.
Not sure how you can stretch it into Open Source = Communism. There is far fetched, then there is.. umm.. absurdly far-fetched? Maybe it is a cultural thing.

Anyway, Barney made a wonderful open script inworld, for an airship. I have used it for designing my own little portable hotel room while travelling the grid. The hours of joy that script has given me.. Well, sure, I would proabably have paid for an airship.. or not bought it. I tried out his by chance and realising it was open script, I made the kind of vessel I wanted. Even if I didn't tweak the script, I tweaked the prims around it, to get what I wanted.

To all of you sharing knowledge, fixing bugs and weaking stuff, a huge thank you.
As you say, Eloise, the world is a better place for it.

Posted at 12:42PM on Oct 27th 2007 by Sin Trenton

3. Reasons to do it that people might not realize:

1. It can serve as a portfolio for programmers. Sure, you can list your experience on a resume, but you can't show potential employers the excellent code you wrote for your previous employer. If you do good work on an Open Source project, you can point at it and say "I did this... check it out."

2. How the heck are you going to gain N years experience with [insert language here] if you don't have it and can't get hired without it? Gain the experience working on Open Source projects.

Posted at 4:40AM on Oct 28th 2007 by Melissa Yeuxdoux