Martin Vermeer writes:
In an
article in the Danish Computer World, where it is explained
that Oracle Denmark will be the first in the world to support not
only Oracle-on-Linux but Linux as such, at the end an interesting
remark is made. The manager of the Premium Services division,
Mogens Noergaard, states that a still little recognized reason to
use Linux is that it helps recruiting competent personnel.
He says:
“Young folk coming out of professional training cannot be
bothered to work with Windows NT. They’d rather do Linux.”
Of course we all know the saying “Linux is user
friendly, but it chooses its friends with care.” Perhaps there is
more truth in this than many people, and many employers,
realize.
I know from my own professional environment that the best, most
gifted, most innovative (no insult intended 🙂 people are the ones
likely to be familiar with Linux — with few exceptions. If I were
an employer, I might want to emphasize Unix knowledge just to be
noticed by the best job seekers, even if the job wouldn’t strictly
require it!
Another, related argument would be, that being allowed to use a
software environment that doesn’t insult the intelligence caters
for better job satisfaction. After all, few people are in it for
the money only (or are they?) And IT work isn’t supposed to be
untrained labor (or is it?)
Would this be a suitable theme for a forum discussion? [ I
think so. Readers? -lt ed ]
All the best,
Martin