At the risk of another language war, I think that people just do not see how much industry demands for skilled Java developers, both locally and internationally. I have been advocating Java (in addition to other technologies but more on Java, of course!) and almost always attacked by those who do not know a thing about Java. :)
Our project, the Java Education & Development Initiative (JEDI - <http://jedi.dev.java.net>) uses all open source - from the technology to the tools. Our courseware are completely FREE. If you want to contribute, just let me know. :) On Jun 6, 2007, at 7:29 AM, Jerome S. Gotangco wrote: > -----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 _________________________________________________ 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
