I am trying of course, Last year I convinced my friends to use FOSS instead of the commercial ones for their graduation project. I have my brother right now in college, and I'm teaching him and his friends how to do development under GNU/Linux and introduce them to FOSS alternatives. I could do more but unfortunately I work abroad and this is it for now. But its true that things must be done on a wider range. It also needs support from the schools managements and interest from the students themselves. For example, some might say that most of the graduates are having a rough time finding jobs, and all the companies right now are looking for fresh graduates with ready skills in .Net and Web development (mostly Microsoft products). So their only concern is how to get a job, and their only option is to learn .Net. This is the sad story. The market must be open minded too.
By the way, Abdallah's Idea is really good. This could be one of the things we could do for the FOSS day event. Mohammad Khashashneh On Jul 28, 10:20 pm, Abdallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are "you" willing to do something about it for the next generation? > > A simple petition asking administration to consider including FOSS into > their tools posted on the walls at your old school would be a good start. > > An email petition can be a good start too. > > Lots can be done.. If .... > > :) > > Abdallah > > On 7/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > A sad story indeed. I myself never started using Linux until recently. > > I really wish if there was a way (other than self interest) for us to > > be exposed to FOSS software during college. > > > On Jul 27, 6:34 am, Abdallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Salam Yazan > > > > Nice to see you here. > > > > I will take a stab at this. > > > > Unfortunately the model Tina Gasperson <http://www.gasperson.com/> is > > > discussing does not apply to Jordan and other Arab Lugs. Linux has > > > perpetuated all corners of American and European IT infrastructures that > > > Linux enthusiasts do not need to make a plan to meet each other anymore. > > > All IT depts in corporates, governments, and educational institutions > > > setups have so many Linux users nowadays. > > > > She mentions that Atlanta, GA lug used to have a 100 person a meeting > > back > > > in the 95-99 dot bom times. She failed to say that back then that was > > > probably all linux users in that area. Nowadays, GA Tech (one > > university > > > in Atalanta) has so many Linux based labs where so many students are > > sharing > > > knowledge about Linux without the need for a LUG. > > > > Our region is totally different story (tragedy.) University graduates > > in > > > ITC are still finishing school without hearing about an alternative to > > > Microsoft based products and Platform. The horror stories I hear are > > mind > > > boggling. > > > > Just last week a "Computer Engineer" I know graduated. His graduation > > > project was a VOIP implementation that he did along with 3 other > > > students. They rented a Cisco gateway and hooked up to phones to it > > and > > > dialed each other in front of an amazed judging panel. No pbx > > > functionality, no voice mail, no routing ... nothing. Those were > > Engineers > > > keep in mind. > > > > All 4 of them did not know (did not want to know) about Linux and VOIP > > > services that can be ran on it. ALL fore of them did not boot into > > > anything other than Windows the entire 5 years of their > > schooling. Whose > > > fault is that? (Rhetoric question) > > > > I am sure each one of us here know much more stupidly horrifying stories > > > than this one. > > > > We, in this region, need a LUG because we can not meet people who share > > our > > > interest in the wild yet. We have to organize our own safari thus > > far. We > > > may wish to tell people about our interest in this platform if we like > > to > > > but that is another discussion for another day. > > > > So.. Yes. I do like to meet other people who share my interests. In the > > > case of Linux a LUG is my only venue for now. > > > > Which makes me think how much I miss see you guys.. > > > > How about a social meeting some place nice for good old times sake? :) > > > Those who would like to come say yay. > > > > Wassalam Alaikum wr wb all > > > > Abdallah > > > > On 7/26/07, Yazan Jber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >http://www.linux.com/feature/118046 > > > >http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41186 > > > > > What do you think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
