[techtalk] Open Source Projects

[James Sutherland]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, A Kozic wrote:

> I'm a college student, and I was looking for a part time job, just for the
> sake of experience & such. (I can get more money sponging off my mother
> when I don't have a job. I love my mom...)
> 
> But I was thinking, I'd much rather code at home in sweats for free
> than get dressed up, drive somewhere in the car I don't have, and code for
> money. So, Open Source.
> 
> Any advice for a Linux/GNU newbie, with good C++/Java skills and some time
> on her hands?

Hrmmm....

How much do you know about e-mail protocols (SMTP, IMAP, POP3) and
non-blocking I/O? (I have the beginnings of an idea which might turn into
a reasonable open source project...)


James.