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| SNAPPIX: Aspirin for the neophyte open source developer |
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Open source software offers many benefits over traditional proprietary software. However, many of these benefits may be beyond the reach of a majority of people that have the interest and the motivation, but may lack the time and ability to reap the benefits. Thanks to the dedication and unrelenting passion of many contributors around the world, open source software is advancing at a rapid pace. Unless we devise strategies to minimize the ramp-up time required to start learning and using open source software, we risk excluding a large portion of the computing community.
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