[Opensource] New developer demographics

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Kangaroo (ROTFL) You should have seen the Star Trek Tribble that I was
tossing about at the dinner! I have a bag of 25 hand puppets that I use in
the classroom and they saw good service at my http://acec2010.info soapbox
session.

Note that they only work with your creative input and again, only if your
fist is unclenched and the hand is held open. In a very broad sense, they
are entirely open source.

You can read about some of my fun reflections about past conferences in my
next Scrapbook column "Confessions of a conference junkie". Enjoy the read!
:-)

Regards Roland


On 18 April 2010 22:09, Brett Groves <groves.brett.g at edumail.vic.gov.au>wrote:

>  Well I guess PHP is platform agnostic as long as the web server is
> compatible but in addition MySQL is just so darn powerful and incredibly
> adaptable, throw in Apache and for web development what else could you need
> and all completely free. Even beyond that, the resources those three eat are
> so minimal that even an ancient PC can (and certainly has over here at
> times!) act as a quite resilient web server. Why would anyone bother to mess
> around with ASP and .NET other than the old refrain of "that's what we're
> used to!"? The beauty of all three is that if you want something to do just
> about anything you can think of to customise their operation then chances
> are someone out there has written something robust to do the job and would
> only like a modest and well deserved donation in return.
>
> The fact that Linux and OSS are really taking hold in web development (and
> elsewhere) fills me with hope beyond the scope of their functionality. In
> this world of creeping velvet fascism and spiralling inequality, both online
> and off, it is inspiring to know that products that embody the very essence
> of democracy and unprejudiced access are succeeding with new generations of
> uber-geeks.
>
> My 2c anyhow and BTW why did you have your arm up a Kangaroo's bum at ACEC
> Roland??? WT?
>
> Brett Groves
>
>
> Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
>
> I recall spending a small fortune learning first ASP and then .NET until I
> finally killed of my old and rather ugly Windows 2003 ASP server last month
> (grateful that there will be no more broken code with each minor update ..
> )
>
> There is an interesting trend I have noticed over the past few years. This
> article in cnet confirmed it.  I have no regrets, the old and new VITTA
> subject association websites were all built using open source technologies
> and all run on Linux servers, the same technology that developers out there
> are growing up with using.
>
> http://is.gd/bxTLx ASP/.NET will fade out as skills retire leaving PHP +
>> Linux programmers.
>>
>
> What do others think?
>
> Regards Roland
>
> PS: Check out Kevork's splendid PHP MYSQL book that uses open source
> software and the VITTA courses that support this if you want to sink your
> teeth into some real web based stuff for your school :-)
>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
> Mead
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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