Create a Little Open Source Company

On Sun, 15 May 2005 17:48:30 +0200, cirux staggered into the Black Sun and said:

Er... what did you mean, in more detail? Is this an buttignment for Business School, where you have to create a fake company? Are you actually starting a business? Details Count. Provide them. Write in your native language and use Babelfish if your English isn't up to the task. Or just write in your native language if it's one of French, Spanish, or German--there are people on this newsfroup who can read and write those languages.

If you meant, "I want to know how I can help out an open source project", that's easy. Say what your skills are. There are plenty of projects on kde.org, gnome.org, sourceforge.net, and freshmeat.net that need artists, translators, and ordinary users to do testing. That means you can help out even if you don't know how to program.

If you meant, "I want to start a business that uses open-source software to do $THING", the answer depends on the value of $THING. Provide that information and people will be able to offer specific answers. Somebody at my local LUG (Linux User Group) had a link to a site that talked about using open-source stuff in a variety of businesses, but I've forgotten what it was. One of the summer LUG projects is "create a presentation-talk that can explain the benefits of using open-source stuff to total idiots^W^W senior management", but the group just started work on that last week.

Post your geographic location, so people know where you are. (I'd guess Spain, but that could be completely wrong.) Google and look for a LUG near you, there's probably a LUG already there! LUGs may be able to answer your questions face-to-face, which you may want. HTH,

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