Hi Angelo, All true points!
I however don't think that there is any shortage of requests for jobs that require *NIX experience. Even with a very quick look at the Sunday Times (to pick 1 newspaper ) I can pinpoint 1-2 IT jobs that _require_ Linux/*NIX knowledge and around 6 more that consider knowledge of a *NIX an asset..Taking example from most of the members of the MLUG committee we all work at companies that have a certain exposure to Linux.. to mention a few, 2x www.2x.com (2 work there) develop their software on linux and also on windows, I work at Philip Toledo were we offer several options for Mail servers, Proxies, Web servers, firewalls etc etc that are all based on linux. I can't say we offer only linux systems, on the contrary!, however having linux knowledge is becoming indispensable to be able to stay on top of requests imo. Could you please link to this IT company list ? Also just out of curiousity, what is your position at the UoM ? Thanks, Anton On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Angelo Dalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > just a quick note that after asking around, I am not aware of any > Linux/UNIX courses currently being offered at the University of Malta. > > Naturally, if no IT graduates push Linux at their place of employment, it > is obvious that Linux demand will remain low, and hence no one will do > anything about it (for those who mix up open source with Linux: many open > source programs also run perfectly fine on Windows: Linux is not equal to > Opensource!). > > I suggest that MLUG carries out an industry survey to gauge the level of > demand for Linux in the local industry. The Ministry of IT maintains a list > of IT companies online so you can start off from there. > > This survey data would be invaluable since most arguments about Linux, > without any objective, scientific backing data will in general be ignored. > MLUG does need to get data from a properly conducted industry survey > regarding demand for Linux. > > Finally a quick disclaimer: these views are personal and do not necessarily > reflect the opinion of the University of Malta as a whole. > > Regards, > > Angelo Dalli > > > > ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ > Sent via the WebMail system at maltalinks.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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