On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hello, > > here is an article I came upon few days ago, that I think will interest > some of you. It is about the creation of a FLOSSBOOK (similar to IEEE's > SWEBOOK) that will try to create and offer a FLOSS curriculum to be user > by whoever needs it.
Uh, according to < http://www.opensource.org/node/600 >, those should be FLOSSBOK and SWEBOK because the are Bodys Of Knowledge (BOK), not mere BOOKs. > Interesting initiative, we need to know however is it focused on high > school, university or both If you look at the IEEE SWEBOK site < http://www.computer.org/portal/web/swebok >, it points to The Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) certification < http://www.computer.org/portal/web/certification/csda >, which suggests candidates for examination should be, "Under-graduates in their final year of a bachelor's degree program in software or computer engineering". The IEEE is a well respected, vendor independent, national interest independent, professional society. Personally, I don't understand why the FLOSS community would need a separate effort to promote the use of FLOSS in SWE. Instead, the FLOSS community should be participating in the review of SWEBOK V3, < http://computer.centraldesktop.com/swebokv3review/ >. When the IEEE issues a Call for Reviewers, it is not limited to corporations with a proprietary interest in the subject nor their employees, but a true request for people who have any experience in the subject of the publication to help make it a standard resource. _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
