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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 13 August 2006 09:40 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> OSS Watch Survey 2006
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>>> ,----[ Conclusion ]
>>>| A positive picture of the use of OSS emerges in both HEs and FEs.
>>>| Although there are considerable differences between the two typeso
>>>| f institutions, in general OSS is used more often than in 2003 and
>>>| institutions have higher levels of skills and experience of OSS compared
>>>| to 2003. This survey shows that it is likely that, in the future, use ofO
>>>| SS will continue and expand alongside the use of PS.
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>>> http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/studies/survey2006/
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>> It would be good if we were to get some graduates who actually know what
>> linux is. Having recently interviewed a comp sci graduate who only
>> knew windows, it's clear that things need to move along a little further
>> than they have so far.
>
> In a ManLUG presentation last year, the speaker said he had interviewed a guy
> who never saw /a/ command-line in his lifetime. I believe this was a
> candidate for a programming role.
>
> The speaker also used it as an example which is an early eye opener. You said
> something along these lines yourself (I estimate it was about 6 months ago).
> "So which operating systems do you know?"; "Can you give me example of some
> standard image formats?". Actually, I tripped up on a similar flavour of
> questions a couple of days ago. The guy who interviewed me could sense that
> I didn't know many types of signals that you can pass a process in
> POSIX-type platforms. It was quite embarrassing when someone you talk to
> picks up on a weakness and begins exploring it. But that's what interviews
> and powwows are for...
Indeed it is... not knowing something is not necessarily a problem,
however, unless that information is regarded as so fundamental that the
period to learn what's required would be more than could be reasonably
accepted by the employer. Still, I quick glance at the man-pages will
get you up to speed!
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