Who wants to LEARN about OSS? It has been mentioned of late that the Open Source software development communities are getting older. More of the experienced so-called "grey beards" coming to the end of their careers and less of the young firebrands looking to make their name and acute enough to spot the next big thing. No doubt the industry needs both but the grey beards will have passed on before long, leaving a wealth of live projects to be maintained. Colleges and universities need to start introducing OSS into their curricula and facilitating early introduction of students into Open Source communities. Otherwise, they will be failing the next generation of IT entrepreneurs and society as a whole. Open Source is increasingly the way software is made these days. Apart from the coding itself, anyone considering a career in business, law, IT, industry or academia would do well to add a basic knowledge of OSS to their portfolio. #OSS #OpenSource #IT #business #academia Image: SergeyNivens
