Where have the universities gone? [LWN.net]

Where have the universities gone?

Posted Jul 24, 2007 18:57 UTC (Tue) by stevef (subscriber, #7712)
Parent article: Where have the universities gone?

I wonder if for many components needing the most work in Linux there is a significant skill/expertise barrier which inhibits/intimidates many University students.

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Where have the universities gone?

Posted Jul 24, 2007 19:41 UTC (Tue) by superstoned (subscriber, #33164) [Link]

Nah, I find that hard to believe. Sure, for many things it's true, but
there is enough software out there where one can start hacking on while
still green...

Where have the universities gone?

Posted Jul 25, 2007 12:20 UTC (Wed) by willy (subscriber, #9762) [Link]

If that is so, then we are failing. To quote Documentation/CodingStyle:

However, if you have a complex function, and you suspect that a
less-than-gifted first-year high-school student might not even
understand what the function is all about, you should adhere to the
maximum limits all the more closely.

There's lots of work that needs doing, much of it not rocket-science.

Where have the universities gone?

Posted Jul 26, 2007 1:09 UTC (Thu) by njs (subscriber, #40338) [Link]

The kernel is also done, in large part... not completely by any means, but I bet a bunch of people that in the past would have contributed to the kernel are contributing to desktop apps and the like instead. That's a good thing.