[H-GEN] Challange for you

[Harry Phillips]

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> > They are ok by themselves but I would like to extend RT and
integrate it
> > into Twiggi to make a third app.
>
> What I did on Friday when a fellow workmate came up with a
suggestion
> like that, was to drop my copy of Learning Perl, along with
> Programming Perl onto his desk.
>
> Seriously, the best way to get something closer to what you want, is
> to start it yourself, and contribute the changes back. Open Source
is very
> much a "Build it and they will come" mentality.

I *knew* someone would post this type of reply.

I love linux and the flexability of it. The problem I have is that if
programming in any language were scaled from 1 to 100, I would score
about a 0.1 in my best catergory. I just don't have the time or effort
to learn it from the ground up.

Ok, everyone has the same amount of time so what I should have said is
'Learning an entire programming language (or several) to do a once off
project that someone else already has the skills to do doesn't sit
high on my list of priorities'. The project itself is higher than the
'Learn everything myself from scratch out of a book' part.

Besides that I have a business to build and clients to service, to
that end I am willing to cover some of your costs to create what I
want. It will end up in the public areana, so you get compensated and
the recognition.

I will provide general guidence on the requirements of what it needs
'to do' but everything else is pretty much your choice. Perl, PHP,
Python, wigglewaggle? I don't really care as long as it does task XYZ.

Imagine if you would, elevators designed by programmers (ie from the
lifts point of view).
You get in and on the wall are two buttons one pointing left and the
other right with a counter in the middle.
To get from the ground to the third you hit the left button three
times. Need to get from the 20th floor to the 4th, easy just hit the
right button 16 times.
The left and right is which way the cable drum has to turn, left for
up, right for down (that is until you go across the street to another
building), the counter is how many times it has to turn.
All is nice, simple, easy and logical, except for the first time user,
who has no clue and has to ask a friend that 'uses a lift at work' or
buy a book called 'Lifts for dummies'

Regards
Harry


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