Re: [OSS] Re: Knowledge of CVS systems

At 21:31 2003.02.28, Thanh Nguyen wrote:
>Hi Stefan,
>
>At 03:09 AM 2/28/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>>Right now it seems, that there is a number of individuals, companies and
>>institutions /taking/ from the FLOSS sources, but it seems to me, that
>>nearly nobody in Vietnam /contributes back/ to it. Free Software is about
>>"Sharing", which means not only "taking", but also "giving".
>
>It's not exactly to say that nobody in Vietnam contributes to the FLOSS. At
>least some of us and few people I know in VietLug did that.

Yet the numbers are still very low. Cf. the Linux User Counter VietNam,
where only 81 Linux users are currently registered for VietNam:

*--------------- Country Maintainer ---------------*
*--- Linux Users Counter - VietNam (Vie^.t Nam) ---*
*---- http://counter.li.org/bycountry/VN.html -----*
*-------------- Count Your Self *IN* --------------*

(Notably, VietNam's may be the only bilingual Linux Counter page -- or at
least one of a very select few.)

Though the Linux Counter grossly underestimates the actual number of Linux
Users, it can be used as part of a basis for estimating actual numbers. See
http://counter.li.org/estimates.php or http://counter.li.org/reports/short.php
(where VietNam is now ranked No. 157 out of 191, in terms of Linux users per
capita -- between Kenya and Papua New Guinea ;))))

>>If a lack of familiarity with the CVS system is really a reason, then I
>>would propose to work with the "education subgroup" of this list on how to
>>overcome that problem, e.g. by inviting somebody to travel to some
>>Universities etc., stay there for a few days, and teach lecturers and
>>students the "HOWTO"...
>
>It seems that using CVS is a basic skill of EU/US computer science students
>(please correct me if I'm wrong). CVS system is used in our company for all
>projects. However, I don't think that CVS is a really reason. Usually
>people who can contribute to FLOSS community know how to use CVS or can
>learn it in a short time. IMHO, the most important reason is that most of
>Vietnamese people aren't familiar with FLOSS and/or do not work with/use
>FLOSS much.

I'd have to agree with ba'c Thanh. Learning CVS is pretty trivial. A good
set of courses in Project Management and Collaboration in general might
provide more significant benefits/cost.

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