Article from The Times:
There have been several reasons suggested for this. One is that the Indian university system is more oriented to creating large numbers of employable graduates who pass tests, assembly-line style, than encouraging creativity and risk-taking. In a country where an engineering degree is the ticket to a reasonably comfortable life, no one wants to rock the boat. Another factor is that Indian developers are often most comfortable with a structured work plan and clearly-defined boundaries. This style of working is not a good fit for the self-motivated, somewhat chaotic style of the free software bazaar.
This, and Jonathan Corbet’s observation on LWN — not even beginning to scratch the surface, chums.
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There’s some order in there …
But considering I’m typing this @ 4 AM with both hands in bandages, I guess you’d have to dig down a lot deep to find some sort of order.
And mmmm… userpic… mmm…
Hackers aren’t engineers, btw – I don’t understand half the things I do before-hand.
“And mmmm… userpic… mmm…”
She’s good
Hackers aren’t engineers, btw – I don’t understand half the things I do before-hand.
I like to think of hackers as a special case of Engineers. It’s just that both words are seriously abused where we come from.
http://lwn.net/Articles/162669/
Since it’s now public….
Mein Gott..
You are going after the Engg System with guns blazing aren’t ya :-)
yes, we should!
agrees
And all the CMMiL5 processes to further inhibit any kind of diversion from the assembly line ;)
thanks.