From: Mohammad S. <sa...@fa...> - 2003-04-13 22:54:21
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Salam All, As a new comer I don't know if it's good or bad that one of the first few discussions I participate in is "do we need to continue or not?" I don't know anything of the whole picture but I can tell you that I was delighted to find out by chance (while searching for an Arabic version of Logo for my little sister) that such an effort exists. Most of the great open source projects are held together by few numbers (if not one) of dedicated individuals and these corner stones are the ones that make it happen. Others will come and go, that is the open source life cycle. Bottom line, what your doing will eventually be achieved through arabeyes.org or others, if arabeyes.org is destined to be the spark that caused it all that would be great. It is every individual's choice to be part of it or sit on the side lines. Regards, Mohammed J. Saleh -----Original Message----- From: doc...@ar... [mailto:doc...@ar...] On Behalf Of Nadim Shaikli Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 3:07 PM To: do...@ar... Subject: Re: do we need any arabeyes ? --- burkan burkan <burkan21 hotmail com> wrote: > i'm one of those 144 people, i'd like to help you (us) but my problems are: > - my level of english, i'm not very well in english. Your english sounds good to me - plus, how is one expected to learn without practice :-) ? > - I work (8 h) and study (5 h) every day, so i haven't much time. We're all in similar positions (some more so than what you even mention), but let's put in this way - do you have 1 or possibly 2 hours PER WEEK to assist ? Slow/small is better than nothing/none - think about that. Burkan, I'm not picking on you (you were courageous enough to reply unlike the other 143 :-), but I'm simply making the point that _any_ contribution even 30-minutes a week will do wonders given there is a commitment. Salam - Nadim __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Doc mailing list Do...@ar... http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/doc _______________________________________________ Doc mailing list Do...@ar... http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/doc |