On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Tony Guntharp <fusion94@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This article primarily relates to Kernel development. The real issue > is that kernel development is in fact "hard". It's generally far more > difficult that anything you learn in school/university and most > developers don't get to the skill level required to work on the kernel > until they've been in the corporate workforce for years solving real > problems not theoretical ones. Well - and as is pointed out - the kernel wasn't this complicated back when many of the developers were -in college- (or their early careers, etc). If they were confronted then with what one is facing now as a beginning kernel dev... it would be a whole different story. There are also significantly more places to contribute now than 15+ years ago; people aren't as focused on "making my computer work" as they are on "i want this XYZ application of mine to work." I think the problem is really that very few people think about how they could further enhance how things work, fundamentally, when they're - for the most part - generally happy with how things are working now. > > -t > > Tony Guntharp > Co-Founder SourceForge.net > 1 (415) 694-3732 > > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 09:13, Jan Wildeboer <jwildebo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The *real* problem however is that young people hardly see any benefit in >> becoming a develoiper. With universities that effectively are microsoft gold >> resellers, with twitter, Facebook, Apple telling them that it still all is >> AOL' 95, why should they care? >> >> ;-) >> >> Jan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: marketing-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <marketing-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base >> <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Wed Apr 21 12:07:17 2010 >> Subject: Why Linux isn't attracting young developers >> >> >> Though this seems to be a very specific article, it is still valid, and >> the most interesting is actually the replies its having. >> >> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/04/18/1557220/Why-Linux-Is-Not-Attracting-Young-Developers >> >> In case someone wants to check it out, I recommend it. And yes, this is >> deeply related and a good source for Marketing people 8) >> >> -- >> marketing mailing list >> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing >> -- >> marketing mailing list >> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing >> > -- > marketing mailing list > marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
