Linux = Money

Ok, after visit several web sites, I got surprised how fast the labor market for Linux is growing. Before this class I knew barely about Linux, I had no idea that the Linux field could be so prominent. According to The Linux Foundation, Linux-related jobs has grown 80 percent over the past five years. Even though, the market is definitely smaller in terms of raw numbers of jobs, but there are also a lot less qualified people available to fill said jobs. For example, there were 675 Linux-related jobs posted at hotjobs.com and 742 results in dice.com (an Internet-based job board for IT professionals) nationwide. In the case of Nevada, using the “dice” search, I could find only one Linux-related job in Las Vegas.

According to my sources, in the United States, in average the lowest income for a Linux job is $72,906, the media $81,565 and the highest is $94,586, not bad ha?

The hottest job market for Linux is by far Silicon Valley, California, with 153 available jobs, with a total of 1,455 openings in whole California, followed by New York with 721 and Virginia, Texas and New Jersey ranging between 300 and 400 apiece. More than 60% of advertised positions are permanent full-time, while 40% are contract jobs. The job title with more demand is System Administrator with 151 available jobs.

There are many different options available in the Linux field, these are some:

Linux System Administrator
Linux Software Engineer
Linux Systems Administrator
Linux Consultant Engineer
Linux Programmer
Linux System Administrator Ii
Linux Systems Administrator Iii
Linux Application Developer
Linux Java Engineer
Linux Kernel Programmer


As said before, the average Linux salary is $72,000 and San Francisco is heading the list at $84,000. And check this out, the highest contract wage is in Trenton, N.J. where they make up to $95 an hour, yes!! $95 an Hour!!! Mmm like $ 7,600 weekly if they work full time. Awesome right, I wonder what I could do with all that money…..

So, if your are planning make your living from Linux, the best starting is get your baggage ready because Nevada does not offers to many opportunities, fortunately California is a few hours from here.



Check this site for more information.

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/print.php/621271
http://www.salarylist.com/all-linux-system-administrator-real-jobs-salary.htm
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/opinions/1420/1/
http://www.dice.com/resumepost/index.html?ppc=Google_Search

What is "net neutrality"? What does the FCC and Comcast have to do with it?

Network Neutrality is the principle that stipulates that any user that pays for the internet access should have the right to control the content, applications, software and devices connected to the network without any restriction by the government or the Internet Service Provider. In other words, advocates of Network Neutrality propose give to the user complete, equal and unblocked access and use of the internet with all that that involve. Also they suggest that networks and providers should be compatibles. A good example is P2P (peer to peer) where user could exchange files, music or software.

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) in 2005 issued its Broadband Policy Statement to ensure and promote the opened and public internet. It stated 4 major points that ensure that consumers will get access to the internet, free use of legal devises and freedom to run any application that do not harm the network and do not affect others, and obviously they should be permitted by the law.

I agree and I am a supporter of Network Neutrality; if I pay for the service I want it all without any limitations. But I also understand that that level of freedom could bring more problems, and in order to make it work without any kind of limitations, users should be more conscious and have the right training. Unfortunately there is always going to be people with the necessaries skills that will abuse of that freedom to harm or steal to others (institutions and/or people).

Should you get an iPad now?

In response to your question, I would say that you should wait and not buy the iPad right now. Not until you see what the market has to offer in a few months from now. It is predictable that many new products with the same and even better function-ability and flexibility would be competing in the market for a piece of the cake. That competition would eventually drop the prices and everyone would be better off. Furthermore, you have the chance to look for other alternatives different that Apple. For example, we have the Linux-base tables like the OpenPeak’s OpenTable 7, which is even faster that the iPad and has other important features that you cannot find in the iPad such the VoIP telephony and HD camera, just to mention some. But what is really important in any Linux-base tables is that Linux developers would be able to create application and even change and improve the platform according to their necessities, something that obviously you could NEVER do with an iPad.

So, do not let you impress for all this publicity campaigns that Apple has created in order to sell you just a brand and a beautiful wrapper, but not exactly a competitive product. There is going to be more and better options in the market for you to choose, be patient.

SCO vs UNIX

The conflict between SCO and Novell started in 2003 due to a misunderstanding of UNIX ownership. For one side, SCO Group claimed being the only owners of UNIX, for the other side we have Novell arguing that they never sold the copyrights to SCO’s antecessor (Santa Cruz Operations). The problem was taken to jury, and in 2004, SCO filed a Slander of Title lawsuit against Novell. After almost 7 years of fighting on trials, SCO never could prove that UNIX belongs to them, so on March 30, 2010, the final verdict was released; the court ruled that Novell owns the copyright of UNIX and they were awarded with $2.5 million.

This was a very important resolution, since SCO were planning to charge to all Linux users for a license fee, due to, according to them (SCO) Linux Kernel was made based on UNIX, so they thought they could make money out of it. Fortunately the jury ruled in favor of Novell, that was great news for all the Open Source community.