This looks (to me) like an opportunity for Linux Australia to get involved... <br><br>Companies don't know where to find good linux techs, and maybe some good linux techs don't know where to find companies that want them (because all these companies are doing the MS thang for lack of good linux techs).
<br><br>Maybe we need to look at some kind of skills and availability database. Companies can seek information from Linux Australia about these people, and its up to the linux techs to either register or seek information about what companies are looking for which skills...
<br><br>Its almost a standard university assignment - the techies register their skills, location, where they would be willing to be located, etc etc etc. The employers register the available jobs and what skills are required. Those with the right skills (or a decent subset thereof) get emailed the job description and can apply OR the employer gets given a list of names and contact details for people who may possibly meet the criteria (the latter could be dodgey and a possible breach of privacy - ie, the employee who is registered on this database and their own employer sees them there, assumes they are looking for work elsewhere and sacks them).
<br><br>Or we can just go out and convince a recruitment agency to start a FOSS section within their industry and promote linux hires more thoroughly.<br><br><br>---<br><br><br>I guess i'm seeing more a call for "what can we do about it" rather than lists of reasons for it (albeit useful to have those reasons in order to address them).
<br><br>Any other ideas?<br><br>Kelly<br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">flame</b> <<a href="mailto:flame_ml@aphplix.org">flame_ml@aphplix.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Actually, as we all know, Linux IS ready for business, it's business<br>that is not ready for Linux.
<br><br>I was at the computer shop earlier in the week to pick up another triple<br>head workstation (3 x 22" wide screens... Mmmmm....) (came with Ubuntu<br>pre-installed btw) and I overheard 3 guys talking about how much they
<br>would save by not buying M$ office. Ofcourse I had to suggest that an<br>even better option was to ditch winblows altogether and use Linux with<br>Open Office. Now this kind of comment a few years ago was always met<br>
with either "WTF is Linux" or some complaint that program x (almost<br>always MYOB or MSN Messenger) would not work on Linux, but this time I<br>got a different answer; "I can't find/afford support for Linux. I can
<br>pick up a windows tech on any street corner but a decent Linux tech is<br>almost impossible to find and they costs a fortune."<br><br>So what is the answer here? Is it really that hard for a business to<br>find affordable Linux techs? And as for finding one that is decent, is
<br>that really any harder then finding a decent windows tech? I know there<br>are a lot of them out there, but my experience is that most of them are<br>crap.<br><br><br>Anyway, that's my rant for now.<br><br>Also, if anyone around here is looking for a job doing PHP back-end
<br>development in Brisbane let me know, I'm Interviewing candidates now to<br>start ASAP. Good money (performance based bonuses), CBD location,<br>Awesome development hardware (see triple head comment above),<br>Challenging work, No HTML!
<br><br>--<br>flame<br>ph : 0431 918 535<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>linux-aus mailing list<br><a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a><br><a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linux-aus">
http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linux-aus</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><a href="mailto:kelly@somewoman.com">kelly@somewoman.com</a><br><a href="mailto:kelly@mel8ourne.org">kelly@mel8ourne.org
</a><br><br>---<br>MEL8OURNE2008<br><a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a><br>must.be.there