Thanks. I think your footnote is especially encouraging, since I'd been under the impression that not all open source projects are created equal, and that writ

Thanks. I think your footnote is especially encouraging, since I'd been under the impression that not all open source projects are created equal, and that writing process schedulers for the Linux kernel or optimizing JavaScript execution in Firefox wasn't my cup of tea. I suppose there's no shame in contributing a tiny patch to the install script for some no-name program X so that it works on obscure platform Y, although it's not something I can brag about on a résumé.