-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ariz Jacinto wrote: > we also had this kind of conversation days ago but with a different > focus which is, > > "is the local pool of F/OSS manpower sustainable?"
We seem to be doing well at the Java front, although there is still shortage. It is not much publicized but we do have a fair number of code committers to certain open source projects (mostly under Apache license) that revolves much on Java/J2EE/take your pick. The problem I think is that today's mindset of teaching is "if you enter our school, we can get you a job abroad" or "take the fast track to your career as a contact center professional" or something like that, so there is no future capacity being made. There is a need to advocate software engineering via open source as a fun and fruitful career to consider; to become experts and innovators in various fields without leaving the country (the world has become increasingly flat in certain areas); to become future entrepreneurs themselves that can contribute to increasing capacity. Best, Jerome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGZfDXj2gB2J43n8YRAj1rAJ4isaeaX3a17lygDl332EOHyq6OaQCgoaA2 TtgDRky6+f71gcksG2yXQZk= =wImr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
