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[News] GNU/Linux and Free Software Are Where Jobs Exist

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Is Open Source a Good Career Bet for Developers?

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| With any article whose premise is ensuring the safety of your programming 
| career, it's tempting to try to hook your attention with fear, uncertainty, 
| and doubt about the state of the economy. I could point at all those layoff 
| statistics. Or I could frighten you by bringing up the spectre of your job 
| going overseas.    
| 
| But that's not the point, really. Our career choices affect us personally no 
| matter what the economy looks like. We all have to find a balance between 
| what we love to do and work that someone else will pay for. (This is why I 
| cannot brag about my remarkable career from consuming chocolate; I've never 
| found someone to pay the bills for it, alas.) To make the best career 
| choices, you must become aware of where the market is going. And then you 
| have to fine-tune your expertise so that your skills stay in-demand... or so 
| that you can develop new skills that shortly will be in demand.       
| 
| [...]
| 
| And the good news for open source developers is that 
| comparing "programmer," "programmer open source," "programmer .net" 
| and "programmer java" yields a happy chart for open source developers. The 
| overall programmer salary averages $73,000 per year, and the Java and .NET 
| developers earn just over that ($76,000). (Or, to be more rigorous, more jobs 
| are advertised with those salaries.) In contrast, open source developers are 
| offered $83,000--a nice raise.      
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http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/article/is-open-source-a-good-career-bet-developers

Finding Employment is a Gamble, Open Source Careers Aren't a Bad Bet

http://ostatic.com/blog/finding-employment-is-a-gamble-open-source-careers-arent-a-bad-bet

Software System’s Fans Gather to Talk Code 

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| Chris Ridder, a residential fellow at the Center for the Internet and Society 
| at Stanford Law School, said that there was an ongoing debate about the pros 
| and cons of free and open-source software, but added that such software has 
| recently become more widely used, in part because of its flexibility.   
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/nyregion/02open.html?_r=4&ref=nyregion


Recent:

Linux Courses Increase Job Options for Techs

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| For software programmers and developers worried about layoffs and job
| security in these tough economic times, the answer may be as clear as the
| screen on your cell phone. That's because manufacturers of small consumer
| equipment like cell phones and PDAs need programmers trained in embedded
| Linux to hand-tune the product's software code.
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http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-09-2009/0004952263&EDATE=


Where the Tech Jobs Are, Part 1

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| "In a recession, headcount looks like a cost center, but open source can turn
| employees into profit centers -- or, at worst, into less costly cost
| centers," he said.
|
| "For example, let's say an enterprise needs [an enterprise content
| management] system, perhaps for outsourcing documentation or to build a new
| catalog system -- or perhaps for a workflow system around approval of
| executive documents. Traditional IT would invite vendors to do a dog-and-pony
| show," Asay explained, "ultimately culminating in a purchase of software
| licenses and services to make the licenses useful to the enterprise." The IT
| staffer is then mostly responsible for coordinating others' efforts, and the
| associated expenses.
|
| An open source savvy IT person, by contrast, would download an open source
| ECM solution and tweak it to save the company license and services
| fees -- "and the risk that the software wouldn't work as advertised," said
| Asay.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/commentary/65705.html


Training program to create 100,000 jobs

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| LUPA (Leadership of Open Source University Promotion Alliance), a Chinese
| open source software community, plans to initiate a training project for the
| country's computer and software graduates as low-cost open source software
| development is gaining popularity in the current financial crisis.
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-12/19/content_7324052.htm


Linux and your worth in the Job Market

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| As bad as the economy is right now, there are quite a few jobs out there.
| Especially for Linux System Administrators/Engineers!
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http://www.linuxdynasty.org/linux-and-your-worth-in-the-job-market.html


Gameloft Moves 1,000 Desktops to Ubuntu Linux

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| “It’s been a pretty big deployment, well over 1000 desktops and it’s been a
| huge success,” crows the source. “Ubuntu does the same job [as Windows] for
| zero cash. The most painful thing about the change over was moving to
| Thunderbird from Outlook. No one has batted an eyelid about moving to Gnome.”
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/03/gameloft-moves-1000-desktops-to-ubuntu-linux/


Related:

French police deal blow to Microsoft

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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
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