Open-Source Education May Solve Talent Crunch | Linux Today

Open-Source Education May Solve Talent Crunch

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 28, 2007

“People from Pune’s tech unconference community gathered at the
Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research on 18 August
for the first edition of SkillsCamp, a BarCamp style gathering of
geeks with a focus on giving technical training to the high-tech
community.

“A number of ideas came together in the SkillsCamp concept. At
BarCampPune3, on 7 July, I gave a talk on open-source education and
pointed to a variety of examples such as MIT Open
Courseware…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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