Well, maybe there should be something in this site's set of FAQs that should specify some way to let people know, in the question, or answer, if the post requires a deadline to be quite as relavent?
As per reinventing the wheel. Hey, it brought us Linux and Open Office. It is something that much of GNU is built upon (for fear of companies like SCO). For things done only in spare time, wasn't that how Larry Wall originally released Perl? What about UNIX, wasn't that a part time thing for Ken Thompson? Just gather a nice ammount of example part time projects, and I am sure most bosses will know it might be a decent investment :)
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