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

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

> > > 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?

I think times are a-changing, major companies IBM,HP, etc. are already
advertising their Linux expertise .. This is the tipping point.




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