[Chester LUG] MSc in open source technology

[Simon Willett]

Do you have any details of courses in India, because that really does sound like fun? 

 

Simon

 

 

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From: chester-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:chester-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Les Pritchard
Sent: 20 February 2007 10:54
To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] MSc in open source technology

 

I'd be tempted to agree with George - it does sound like it may be the bandwagon passing (although I haven't looked in any detail of the course specifics).

It all depends what you need from the course.  If it's academic qualifications then yes it might be worth it, but if you want to just learn about the technology ( i.e. *nix) then one of the professional courses would give you more 'real' knowledge.  Academic courses have to include science and theory, which, whilst useful to know, will take time away from learning usable everyday skills. 

As George said, the exams are very cheap if you're happy to teach yourself.  Otherwise there are plenty of intensive courses you can go on (some cheap ones involve a trip to India!) that should bring your knowledge up to scratch. 

Les

On 2/19/07, George <george at goatadsl.co.uk> wrote:

Stuart Burns wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am after a bit of feedback here. I wasn't planning on doing it, but I
> saw the above course advertised on slashdot.

I had a look too out of interest after seeing the same banner. Not that 
I'm in the market for a degree course but it does look a little
"bandwagonish" to me - if someone has done a degree in say, Software
Engineering then the licence of the software they're engineering 
shouldn't make much of a difference to how they go about producing it,
baring in mind that University is meant to teach concepts and not
vocational skills.

If you already have a degree I would consider doing LPI, you can do the 
exams at a local testing center for a small cost (about £50 I think when
I looked) and even if you don't do the exams working through one of
their study guides'll teach you a lot about using Linux without being 
too specific about how one distribution is arranged. Then, read "The
Cathedral and the Bazaar" for a dash of philosophy and you're sorted :)

George

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