High Plains Thumper wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Open source developers face H1-B visa puzzle
>>
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>> | Many very capable open source developers don’t have a college degree
>> | and the program does not easily accommodate them.
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>> http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/082007-open-source-h1-b.html
>
If the development course is doing it right then the developers produced
should be reasonably platform independant when they come out.
But for the students the MS route seems the quickest/easiest route to a
cheque, so many are likely to go that way. However, those that are a touch
smarter would see that development in UNIX/Linux still reaps the greatest
rewards even if it means a bit more effort in the initial stages.
> Certifications are an American fetish. Lost are ability to accomplish
> work, 8-for-8, IMHO. Creativity cannot be measured by a piece of
> parchment.
>
Same in britland really, I get loads of CVs sent to me, many with obscure
programming certs listed, you have nothing to compare them to because you
have no idea of the depth of the courss.
> Talking of lost creativity, I found this comment interesting. Having used
> Office 4.3 for Win 3.1, Office 95, Office 97, Office 2000, Office 2003,
> this is certainly an understatement:
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1935649,00.asp
>
> [quote]
> Let's get real for a minute. There has not been a significant upgrade in
> Office suite functionality, from anyone, since, oh, Office 97.
> [/quote]
>
That is ok really. When a product is developed to a point where it fully
does it's job, then there isn't a need to change it. Look at MS now, they
are using silly means to convince people that a new MS Office is worth
buying. Just changes in the tool bars and an attempt to get ooxml out there
so that people have to upgrade.
When I would say that MS Office is done, it's development money has been
repaid many times over, so really it could be given minimum new development
time and the cost could now go down to a token licence value.
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