<br>Many Thanks to all of you who have joined the program:<br><br> "Adopt-a-Bug" <br><br><a href="http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_10th_Anniversary_Activities/Adopt-A-Bug_1.0#Bug_Adopters_2010">http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_10th_Anniversary_Activities/Adopt-A-Bug_1.0#Bug_Adopters_2010</a><br>
<br><br>We are still looking for <br><br><br> <b>at least TEN</b> more <b>brave </b>developers <br><br><br>who are interested in living the full experience of Open Source, <br>gaining experience in a large software project, and giving back<br>
to the ITK community.<br><br><br>ITK is classified in Ohloh:<br><a href="http://www.ohloh.net/p/itk/factoids/3189681">http://www.ohloh.net/p/itk/factoids/3189681</a><br><br>as:<br><p> "... one of the largest open-source teams in the world, <br>
and is in the top 2% of all project teams on Ohloh"</p><p> "For this measurement, <br> Ohloh considered only recent changes to the
code. <br> Over the entire history of the project, <br> 122 developers have
contributed"</p><p>and</p><p> "Over the past twelve months, <a href="http://www.ohloh.net/p/itk/contributors">39 developers</a><br> contributed new code to <a href="http://www.ohloh.net/p/itk">Insight
Toolkit</a>"
</p><p><br>
</p>---<br><br><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As any other
software project, ITK has</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span class="il">a</span> dynamic<br>
flow of developers that come</span> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and go following their<br>career paths, </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">course schedules and
personal interests.<br>
<br>Therefore, we must continuously replenish the development<br>team by
embracing new developers who may want to hold<br>the flag of Open
Source against the forces of Darkness.<br><br><br>If you are an user of
ITK and want to:<br>
<br>* Give back to the ITK community<br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">* Learn about Test Driven Development <br> <a href="http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/30">http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/30</a><br>
*
Gain experience
on <span class="il">a</span> large scale Open Source project</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">* Learn more about the
inner working of image analysis</span><br>* Fix that ITK <span class="il">bug</span> that has been bothering you...<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <br><br>Then,
here is your opportunity <br>for making <span class="il">a</span>
life-changing decision !<br><br><br>Join the ITK development team by <br>simply
signing up for:<br><br><br>
<span class="il">ADOPT</span>-<span class="il">A</span>-<span class="il">BUG</span> 2.0<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br><a href="http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Adopt_a_Bug_Program" target="_blank">http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Adopt_a_Bug_Program</a><br>
<br><a href="http://www.kitware.com/news/home/browse/ITK?2010_04_19&Adopt+A+Bug+2.0" target="_blank">http://www.kitware.com/news/home/browse/ITK?2010_04_19&<span class="il">Adopt</span>+<span class="il">A</span>+<span class="il">Bug</span>+2.0</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br><br>You will receive full developer status, including<br>CVS write
access, <span class="il">bug</span> tracker developer level,<br>and the
opportunity to drive the progress of the<br>toolkit.<br><br><br>You will
also be brainwashed on the ultimate<br>
superiority of Test Driven Development as <br>stringent software
development methodology<br>and about the advantages that Agile
Development<br>has over waterfall models.<br><br><br> Your Life
will Never be the Same !<br>
<br><br><br>We are looking for about 25 new developers,<br>so don't be
shy, there is room for everybody.<br><br>Just sign up for the program
at:<br><br><a href="http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Adopt_a_Bug_Program" target="_blank">http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Adopt_a_Bug_Program</a><br>
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