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So, I've posted on here about looking for open source projects to work with before, and I've worked with Mozilla in the past and Chromium currently. I've almos

So, I've posted on here about looking for open source projects to work with before, and I've worked with Mozilla in the past and Chromium currently. I've almost always been embraced with open arms. Open Source projects are normally just pumped to get the help. Even Chromium, where the vast majority of developers are Google employees, was really helpful in getting us online and moving. They love outside engagement. And I've learned more about writing real software in my brief efforts with bother Chromium and Mozilla than I ever did at my Cisco internship. I think it comes down to this: when they're paying you to be there, there's no burden on them to somehow educate you. You're there to work. On the flip side, open source projects see helping you as an investment in their future.

gte910h 17y ago
He's not saying "Open source doesn't like the help". He's saying "more people end up working in lead in activities to software development in commercial settings than in open source settings". Here is the article that the linked article is responding to http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/72144-the-impact-of-open-source-on-computing-education/fulltext http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/72144-the-impact-of-open... He's not saying "OSS is bad". He's saying "OSS for whatever reason is 99% white and asian males, so if that becomes a large place for introducing people to programming, then we've got troubling diversity issues upcoming" One of Dr. Guzdial's big pushes has always been computing "inclusiveness", that being, getting everyone interested in computing. Here is a comment buried on one of the blogs in question by Guzdial: >Kirby, I'm not claiming that open source doesn't desire LPP. It simply isn't happening for people not White or Asian or male. Whatever is happening to draw in a more diverse crowd, to get a more diverse group involved in the periphery -- it isn't working. There are lots of incentives for women and minorities to get involved in commercial software development, but that 24% number is pretty paltry. That's why efforts like BPC and NCWIT exist, to try to figure out how to go beyond those incentives to get the diverse workforce that will lead to better and more innovative designs.

gte910h 17y ago

He's not saying "Open source doesn't like the help". He's saying "more people end up working in lead in activities to software development in commercial settings than in open source settings". Here is the article that the linked article is responding to http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/72144-the-impact-of-open-source-on-computing-education/fulltext http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/72144-the-impact-of-open... He's not saying "OSS is bad". He's saying "OSS for whatever reason is 99% white and asian males, so if that becomes a large place for introducing people to programming, then we've got troubling diversity issues upcoming" One of Dr. Guzdial's big pushes has always been computing "inclusiveness", that being, getting everyone interested in computing. Here is a comment buried on one of the blogs in question by Guzdial: >Kirby, I'm not claiming that open source doesn't desire LPP. It simply isn't happening for people not White or Asian or male. Whatever is happening to draw in a more diverse crowd, to get a more diverse group involved in the periphery -- it isn't working. There are lots of incentives for women and minorities to get involved in commercial software development, but that 24% number is pretty paltry. That's why efforts like BPC and NCWIT exist, to try to figure out how to go beyond those incentives to get the diverse workforce that will lead to better and more innovative designs.