I think that students in Jordan are never exposed to OSS. The Education system is to blame in this case by never giving them a chance to know the truth about OSS. Instead, they are convinced that Corporate software is the real software used in life and any other kind of software is just an imitation of it and inferior. There is a general belief (even among Professionals) that Microsoft is the head of technology in the world and that they invented the machine. While Microsoft is certainly a leader company, they are not the only player in the industry. Unfortunately our good (but young) pros are sometimes eluded by Buzz words and Brands and that these brands are the only way of guaranteeing commercial success. They forget that corporate software is just software, and that OSS is just as good and reliable. We must find ways to teach people that OSS is trustworthy and that technology is for us to use, not to follow. I agree by the way, Seminars are good but not enough. It must be accompanied by support from the companies, Bosses, teachers... even the Government. If a company wants to use a certain technology, it must invest in it, not wait for the rest of the world to learn it.
On Mar 1, 6:43 am, "Ala'a Ibrahim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I'm Just having an idea, and I would like to share with you. > a friend of mine made an ad in the newspapers requesting a Linux admin, and > no one bothered to send a resume. Also, we are in constant need at our > company for PHP Developers, most of the team learned PHP while working in > it. > One of the managers today asked a simple question, well as when we require a > .NET Developer, we can hire one easily, but when it's a PHP, it's really a > big problem, so why don't we just convert our platforms to .NET. (well of > course we answered him, and some discussion went there). > It seams that the Jordanian Market is lacking FSF people, and well, this > costs them money, (it's the reason why most of us are paid higher than > others working on commercial platforms). > what if companies stopped using FSF cause the lack of people who can deal > with it. what can we do about it. > you can't convince companies to change to a FSF platform, and tell them, > well yes, it's better for you, but you have to pay higher salaries, and if > you needed more employees, you would have a hell of a time. > As individuals, I know a lot had contributed to make things better, but I > don't thing that individuals scattered alone would be a good solution ... > A seminar in a university, you might get 50 students to attend, and the rest > are out, also you cannot convince all the 50, if you convinced 5, well that > is a big achievement. but the most would see ads about .NET vacancies, and > hear the words from MS, and would think that .NET, or even MS is a better > career path, (and I know changing a career path after you've started is much > harder than when you started it, I've done it before, and I'm glad I've done > it early in my life), so what I'm saying is that seminars are good, but they > are not good enough. > > -- > Ala'a A. Ibrahimhttp://guru.alaa-ibrahim.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
