Re: [ossig] Re: [myoss] University curriculum for OSS?

[Colin Charles <byte@aeon.com.my>]

On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 15:22, Dinesh Nair wrote:

> > There was some talk earlier about universities not teaching about OSS,
> > etc, etc... So if you were to plan a one semester subject on OSS, what
> 
> i'd rather universities teach the principles of computer science (for the
> technical subjects) and then draw in analogies and examples from closed
> source and open source work where applicable. i think the main issue is
> our universities are churning out product training grads instead of
> computer scientists.

the majority of the job market want well trained product grads, no? tell
them you have used gcc instead of Microsoft Visual C++ and they frown,
no?

unless we get lucky and an open source employer is around...
(*smiles at dinesh!*)

> however, one or two courses may be open source specific, especially as it
> comes to development philosophies, licensing and intellectual property
> protection. IP and licensing is one area which i think is critical for
> budding technologists to know, yet is not taught anywhere in the
> curriculum.

this is something i agree with. reading what you sign (or click
ok/accept to) is something that has become very important. understanding
the different usage of licensing words has become rather important.

and the snipped ideas below...are all interesting.

(but then again, i'm a FLOSS geek.)
-- 
Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/


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