Somebody once said that open-source will truly succeed when anybody and everybody will have the capability to create the environment around them completely as they see fit. I’m not denying that this’ll result in a lot of crappy environments (or not to my liking) but it basically says contribution shouldn’t be limited to those who mutter binary in their sleep.

I’m going to see if I am able to make this contribution. Let’s start by giving you the case study:

I do know PHP and do web-development. I have coded a black jack CLI game in C++ (well it was a start). I do graphics design and am proficient in The GIMP. I once touched Python but probably have forgotten a lot. I am a student and have no intention of going into programming as a career and have been self-taught. I have no deadlines, no clear goals nor any roadmap for this project, and am always juggling a variety of other projects on the side.

That, sounding quite like the commitment level proffered by most individuals seems like a vague and – well, truly realistic to be honest. I shall post my progress here with no fixed schedule and see how things go along :)

I’m thinking of starting by reading “Accelerated C++” – mainly because whoever thought up that title got the 100% keyword efficiency award for word estate. 2 buzzwords in 2 words. Eeeexceeelent.

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