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Submission + - DoD gives nod to open source (oss-institute.org)

bluelip writes: "A 68 page PDF has been released that details the benefits of opensource within the DoD. A paragraph on the first page reads,

"Imagine if only the manufacturer of a rifle were allowed to clean, fix, modify or upgrade that rifle. The
military often finds itself in this position with taxpayer funded, contractor developed software: one
contractor with a monopoly on the knowledge of a military software system and control of the software
source code. This is optimal only for the monopoly contractor, but creates inefficiencies and
ineffectiveness for the government, reduction of opportunities for the industrial base, severely limits
competition for new software upgrades, depletes resources that can be used to better effect and wastes
taxpayer-provided funds.""

Comment Re:Experienced only? (Score 1) 948

If you're truly interested in the topic, you'll want to explore more than just what is covered in class. This is where the personal and experimental projects come in. No matter how busy your life is, if you can't find to tinker with something you supposedly love, you're not fit for the job.

Comment Re:Mistake not to mention personal project ... (Score 1) 948

I was lucky enough to have an interviewer such as you. I hadn't graduated yet, but had a slew of personal projects under my belt or on the drawing board. Other public projects that I assisted with were also talked about. I was hired because of passion instead of papers mounted on a wall. I don't think I'd work for an organization in the future that didn't hire in the same manner.

Comment Re:older developers... (Score 1) 742

It's not a new problem. I graduated from HS in 1995. While in my 3rd year of schooling after that, (Yup, I'm looking at you Rutgers) I was the wizard of IT because I actually had the cover off my computer. Fellow students were in awe to see an actual hard drive.

How can you be in the 3rd year of a university CS program and not ever see the inside of a PC??

Yes, I left. Quickly. Just as I hold in high esteem those who are self taught, thankfully, so do some employers.

Drop the OO BS. If you can do low level programming you can do anything. How can anyone graduate without knowing about endian-ess, int vs long, interrupts, data structures, etc.

My HS CS teacher made us know the clock cycles of each instruction. OO killed CS.

Disclaimer: I'm a grumpy old curmudgeon.

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