Hi Devdas,
--- Devdas Bhagat devdas@dvb.homelinux.org wrote:
They merely ask for information on how to get things done, without showing that they have put in an effort in the first place.
Agreed.
Can you point me to public codebases where the contribution to FOSS is happening? Particularly by people from the $BIGNAME Indian companies, instead of people employed by multinationals.
AFAIK, most of the work is service-based, not product-based. So, work done is internal to the company and involves customization for clients' needs, which is for servicing their clients. So, it is all internal. Releasing it out is not our choice, but the client's decision.
As I said earlier, signing an NDA and SLA doesn't allow you to fully reveal any details. Work that is outsourced is also mostly maintenance, testing, bug fixes etc.; very few core development projects, relatively.
IMHO, academia doesn't cover enough theory for students.
Indeed.
No one says you *have* to work those schedules.
The work is so much that it will keep you occupied, unless one is exceptionally good.
Cheers,
SK
-- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com
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