What I learned from contributing to an Open Source project


	What I learned from contributing to an Open Source project

ylodi

2-3-2008 9:36 PM

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2-28-2008 6:45 PM

splendidus

Now I know some Python, and I have a clock on my dock. I'm a happy man.

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