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:LinuxInsider: Skills Shortage Could Mean Growing Pains for Open Source
LinuxInsider: Skills Shortage Could Mean Growing Pains for Open Source
Dec 8, 2004, 17 :00 UTC (25 Talkback[s]) (8363 reads)

(Other stories by John P. Mello Jr.)

"In a survey released by Forrester Research, 57 percent of those using Linux or open-source software said their biggest concern was lack of support; 36 percent said it was a lack of skills or knowledge.

"Of the respondents who weren't using Linux or open-source software, 55 percent tagged lack of skills or knowledge as their biggest concern; 53 percent said it was lack of support..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
That IMHO is a stupid comment, they lack ...   So where did they get their Windows skills from   
Mark
Dec 8, 2004, 17:49:22
 
I'm sure that IBM, or Red Hat, or No ...   I'm sure...   
F. Love
Dec 8, 2004, 18:23:52
 
In a survey released by Forrester Resear ...   Look at what was not being said...   
Toby Haynes
Dec 8, 2004, 18:44:11
 
While it's true it's more diffic ...   Hardly, this is a symptom of growth.   
Nicholas Donovan
Dec 8, 2004, 18:55:42
 
I can foresee the day when certification ...   Skills Shortage Pitfalls   
horne
Dec 8, 2004, 19:53:47
 
Unfortunately many people in charge of H ...   Re: Hardly, this is a symptom of growth.   
Kavey
Dec 8, 2004, 20:22:47
 
What drove down the value of MCSE wasn&# ...   Re: Skills Shortage Pitfalls   
Kavey
Dec 8, 2004, 20:39:09
 
I agree entirely.  It's the fact tha ...   Re: So where did they get their Windows skills fro   
Josh Fitch
Dec 8, 2004, 21:34:13
 
From the other side of the fence, I have ...   What Shortage?   
Kevin Hudson
Dec 8, 2004, 21:36:06
 
Another point I meant to make was that t ...   Another point I meant to make   
Kevin Hudson
Dec 8, 2004, 22:37:54
 
And who is Forrester Research, little br ...   shortage of skills   
jdleblanc
Dec 8, 2004, 22:41:57
 
Whenever someone tells me the have an MS ...   Re: Re: Skills Shortage Pitfalls   
Kevin Hudson
Dec 8, 2004, 22:46:19
 
 There is a lot of skill sortage about L ...   The article is right   
Shamar
Dec 8, 2004, 23:00:15
 
> If HP/Compaq or IBM (why aren't th ...   Re: Re: So where did they get their Windows skills   
Dave Jablonski
Dec 8, 2004, 23:02:11
 
 ...First they ignore you, then they lau ...   Gandi once said ...   
Shamar
Dec 8, 2004, 23:03:35
 
> I can foresee the day when certificati ...   Re: Skills Shortage Pitfalls   
FWP
Dec 8, 2004, 23:13:56
 
The lack of skills is with stupid "manag ...   The Bone-Heads   
GaAsP
Dec 9, 2004, 01:04:12
 
> In a survey released by Forrester Rese ...   Re: Look at what was not being said...   
Phillip Brown
Dec 9, 2004, 02:05:31
 
 > I can foresee the day when certificat ...   Re: Re: Skills Shortage Pitfalls   
horne
Dec 9, 2004, 02:11:20
 
don't waste your valuable click ppl. ...   It's LinuxInsider again   
Xunil Ung
Dec 9, 2004, 02:28:37
 
In my opinion, Linux geeks are partly re ...   Re: Re: So where did they get their Windows skills   
Gene Venable
Dec 9, 2004, 06:47:30
 
No, I don't think so.  There are tru ...   Re: The article is right   
Joe User
Dec 9, 2004, 09:20:44
 
> IBM sold their desktop PC and Thinkpad ...   Re: Re: Re: So where did they get their Windows sk   
Wendell Cochran
Dec 9, 2004, 15:52:45
 
> Your phone will be ringing like the na ...   OT [Re: Re: The article is right]   
DanielB
Dec 9, 2004, 17:40:24
 
Hi All.This in no way intended flaming~  ...   Re: So where did they get their Windows skills fro   
Aussie Penguin
Dec 10, 2004, 08:46:03
 
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