Re: ActionApps POs

[Rai'da Al-Zu3bi <raida_lists at yahoo dot com>]

Are you sure you're not pointing fingers, you sound
like it to me.  

I'm not really sure how to respond except to say that
I am trying my best to learn FOSS as fast as I can.
Hence my *self* funded trip to the FOSS 4 Development
meeting in Egypt. In the meantime, I have installed
Red Hat (but 'am switching to Mandrak since it may get
my wireless card, my only way to access the Internet
on that PC to work) on my old laptop. I'm also using
various FOSS applications on my Windows OS during this
transition phase (Fire Fox, notepad 2, 7-zip) etc. 

Ya Jama'a, if this is going to turn into a space where
I'm made to feel on trial and in need to  constantly
justify why I do and don't use FOSS than I give up. I
don't have the time for this. Let's just forget I ever
wanted to volunteer with Arabeyes and move on. 

Thanks and sorry for wasting everyone's time on this
thread.

Salam,
R 


--- Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com> wrote:
> --- Rai'da Al-Zu3bi <raida_lists at yahoo dot com> wrote:
> > Don't you think that I could have saved much more
> > valuable time working on the translation rather
> than
> > having to work out how to convert PO files into
> PHPs,
> > download Linux, try to get it to work on my PII
> that
> > only has a wireless card, download CVS software
> and
> > try to understand how to work it? All this for a
> few
> > files to translate. Do you think that this is an
> > effective way to is to nurture technically
> > knowledgeable people and to help them learn new
> things
> > like FOSS? 
> 
> If we are to advocate FOSS it behooves us to
> actually be using
> that which we preach and point people towards.  In
> other words,
> you can't tell people or give them a presentation on
> how useful
> FOSS is using a proprietary OS (that would be rather
> hypocritical).
> The same type of idea applies here.  You should have
> taken your
> time to bring-up a comfortable enough
> linux/open-source environment
> for yourself before really starting to contribute
> (I'm not pointing
> fingers and/or correcting anything wrong, simply
> attempting to
> answer your points above).  Doing both (setup and
> contribute) at
> the same time is difficult and doesn't produce a
> nurturing learning
> environment.  I highly suggest you get your setup
> completed to where
> it is fully functional (and comfortable) before you
> proceed with
> contributions.
> 
> Salam.
> 
>  - Nadim
> 
> 
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