My Experience When I started with Free Software, there was a need for training people in the new tools that were emerging, not just to users, but also to professional that came from the proprietary world. There, the formal learning culture, through certification, is well established. Due to the business models around the delivery of … Continue reading Training programs for developers in FLOSS companies: a need
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Closing doors
Yesterday was my last day as KDE e.V. Board Member. As you know I have been the KDE Treasurer since April 2012. I will keep being part of the Financial Working Group so I will be able to help my successor during the landing process and in the future. I still have some leftovers to … Continue reading Closing doors
systemd analysis: a personal perspective
I have looked with passion the systemd case since a little more than two years ago. As some of you know my number one passion is innovation, sometimes I think than even more than freedom. From that perspective systemd is a great case for analysis.To me, systemd is the confirmation of the existence of a … Continue reading systemd analysis: a personal perspective
openSUSE 2016: taking a picture of openSUSE today
As some of you know, the openSUSE Team at SUSE is publishing a series of proposals to the openSUSE community in several key areas of the project. The first of those mails tried to provide a general picture of the project based, among other sources, on the data mining done during these past few months. Many … Continue reading openSUSE 2016: taking a picture of openSUSE today
Summary about what the openSUSE Team @ SUSE is doing
openSUSE 13.1 is about to be Released (Nov. 19th) and I would like to share what the team I am part of is doing.I joined SUSE in June 2012, almost 18 months ago. I haven't written much about anything during this time. And it haven't been because I hadn't time, but because I haven't have … Continue reading Summary about what the openSUSE Team @ SUSE is doing
Two risks when working as employee in Free Software communities
I would like to point two risks that I have experienced myself and as manager throughout the last few years working in open environments (Free Software Communities) or projects involving interactions with them. 1.- In any community, there is so much to do...., so many interesting and innovative areas, so many disruptive ideas that can … Continue reading Two risks when working as employee in Free Software communities
Abierto el plazo para la presentación de candidaturas para la celebración de la openSUSE Conference 2015.
La comunidad openSUSE celebra cada año un evento en el que los principales contribuidores participan en charlas y talleres junto a interesados y profesionales. Al tratarse de una distribución, la lista de temas que se tocan es muy amplia, desde administración de sistemas hasta aplicaciones web, pasando por empaquetado, marketing, hardware, traducción y, por supuesto, … Continue reading Abierto el plazo para la presentación de candidaturas para la celebración de la openSUSE Conference 2015.
A champion instead of a leader.
I am one of those who actively supported Canonical in the past. Mark Shuttleworth succeed in linking his success to our success in Ubuntu's early years. I believe that customers/users are smart. Ubuntu became, still is, the number one distribution for good reasons. In his journey toward success, Mark played hard, too hard sometimes. … Continue reading A champion instead of a leader.
Insides about the new openSUSE Team at SUSE blog
Yesterday we created a new blog [1]to communicate to our community and readers what do we do as a team within the openSUSE project. It is a collective effort and it will be part of our duties to create and publish contents for it.Its main goal is to talk about what we do so in … Continue reading Insides about the new openSUSE Team at SUSE blog
Are you a senior KDE developer? Join openSUSE Team at SUSE
openSUSE Team at SUSE is looking for a senior KDE developer that is willing to join the company to work on openSUSE distribution and customer products where KDE technologies are present.As those of you who are closer to KDE and/or openSUSE know, Will Stephenson has been leading this area the last few years. He is … Continue reading Are you a senior KDE developer? Join openSUSE Team at SUSE
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