On 04/14/2010 11:21 AM, C. Titus Brown wrote: > Could you please come say that to my chair, my dean, and my provost?:) > Certainly. We're in Michigan now and then because my in-laws near Flint and in the UP, so if you're serious, I'd be happy to give them some of my own special bullying.
I've been an active member of SCORE for a few years now and usually get the I-need-software-of-some-kind questions. Once we're through triage and thinking about what functions are included we always turn to finding the right tech to do the work. Since I've just drilled the business owner on how they get tested code, and a jump to the finishing touches will save them a boat load of money, a tech who knows open source is always what they'll be looking for. As more and more people catch wind of these ideas, a MSU degree is going to be less competitive. Maybe not right away, but unless the school changes the curriculum to include FOSS in some way, it won't be long till advantage begins to slip. When you consider a smaller school like RIT, who just sent it's hockey team to the Frozen 4, has already begun teaching FOSS, you also have to watch out for reputation boosts of potential competitors. Those effect you too. /rant ~Karlie _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
