[Cialug] Linux in Universities

[Dave Hala Jr]

Nafta is the problem.  The ability to produce goods in Mexico or Canada
using lower cost labor encourages Us companies to relocate, which
eliminates jobs for labor and management (cs) types.


On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 16:48 -0600, Kenneth Younger wrote:
> I have wondered if this is true for some time. Lately my thinking has
> been the opposite. I feel if we don't produce enough highly educated
> folks here in the US, that other countries will do so. A lot of those
> countries do not have the same standard of living we do, and therefore
> don't demand as high of salaries. Aggregately, this would actually
> pull down the rates we might be able to demand. I would rather see the
> US producing a TON of extremely well-educated CS students. If
> anything, it'll keep me from getting lazy.
>  
> Or, if I do get lazy, maybe one of them will eventually employ me here
> in the US :)
>  
> This is why I do support the Immigrant Visa bill that has been
> proposed recently.
> http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/02/the-startup-visa-update.html
>  
> -Kenny
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         I attended a "Transfer Visit Day" at ISU today.  Basically
>         they just
>         gave us a campus tour, did some rah-rah ISU talk, showed us
>         housing,
>         fed us lunch.
>         
>         For about an hour the three prospective CS majors (out of the
>         200
>         attending!) visited with two CS department advisers and asked
>         questions.  One of the women mentioned that they give
>         career-oriented
>         seminars to seniors.  Representatives from some companies will
>         come in
>         and talk about whatever topic.  She said that lately some of
>         the reps
>         have been telling the CS department that they want to see more
>         graduates with Linux experience.  I asked her who and she said
>         Cargill, Sun, and one of the Thomson companies.  (Thomson
>         Reuters I
>         think.)  The adviser said they teach plenty of Unix, but these
>         reps
>         were saying they wanted Linux, specifically.
>         
>         This is good news!
>         
>         I also learned that the number of students going into CS is
>         dropping
>         nationwide.  == more money for the rest of us.
>         
>         --
>         Todd
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