Re: [ossig] University curriculum for OSS?

["Loke KS" <lks@webpres.com.my>]

Everybody has their pet peeves about universities and education in general
... the topic that i wanted to discuss is more narrow ... ie is there
possible to be a subject to be taught under the OSS banner????

ie, say, the OSS development model is different enough from the usual RUP
(rational unified process), or what other software engineering model ..

or, the value of free software and ethics ..

or, the use of program code as literature ..

> Unless very wonderful, caring,  inspiring, brilliant profs and mentors
> are available  at a low student/prof ration  (5:1), the  following are
> necessary:
>
> How to Think
> How to Communicate
> How to Plan and Complete Projects
> How to Define and Solve Any Problem in Any Programming Language
>
> This is important, hard stuff that I wish somebody'd taught me at Uni,
> but I  went to  a  Faceless Automatic Degree   Factory.   And I was  a
> slacker ;)
>
> You  need to have   the thirst for discovery, but   you also need  the
> tools.
>
> I  guess this  should  be  taught for  EVERY  degree...  alas  for our
> imperfect world...
>
> --
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>   Christopher DeMarco
>   cdemarco@fastmail.fm
>   +6013 389 5658
>
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