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Title: How has Working with Scribus Open source benefited you?
Post by: kaywilly on May 15, 2011, 06:02:15 PM
Hello everyone am new on here just a couple of weeks old and also on Scribus. Scribus to me is quite stable for an open source application I really expected a lot of bugs to jump right out but I must say that it takes a lot to make it break. I think that it can be attributed to the fact that it has a very robust community that constantly bring up its issues and hence they get fixed.
I'm doing a research on the benefits of working on open source applications would you like to shear a bit of your experience and how it has helped you in your work.
All contributions will be appreciated
Title: Re: How has Working with Scribus Open source benefited you?
Post by: Meho R. on May 16, 2011, 12:30:27 PM
Well, considering that I use FOSS for work too, not only for private use, you can guess what the benefit is ;) Discovery of Linux was the most significant IT-event in my life. I created a toolbox for my daily workflow which beats anything I could find and done earlier when I was using Windows. I finally felt like a fish in the water :D
Title: Re: How has Working with Scribus Open source benefited you?
Post by: kaywilly on May 16, 2011, 09:43:06 PM
 :D Nice to here...But please could you explain what FOSS is? Thanks for your honest opinion. Am looking for ways I can contribute to the open source community being that am not really good in programming.  
Title: Re: How has Working with Scribus Open source benefited you?
Post by: Nermander on May 17, 2011, 08:32:08 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software
Title: Re: How has Working with Scribus Open source benefited you?
Post by: Meho R. on May 17, 2011, 10:23:37 AM
Quote from: kaywilly on May 16, 2011, 09:43:06 PM
:D Nice to here...But please could you explain what FOSS is? Thanks for your honest opinion. Am looking for ways I can contribute to the open source community being that am not really good in programming.  
I'm not a programmer neither, but there are other ways to contribute: helping with documentation, creating new design, hunting bugs, suggesting new features, helping others, promoting the use of Free and Open Source software etc. Possibilities are limitless.
Title: Re: How has Working with Scribus Open source benefited you?
Post by: a.l.e on May 19, 2011, 03:42:39 PM
hi kaywilly,

if you want to contribute to scribus, please contact me per email at ale.comp_06@xox.ch and we will talk about your skills and what you could do for scribus!

ciao
a.l.e