OStatic

As many researchers and writers have been reporting lately, the typical skills that college graduates in computer science have are so common now that differentiation from the typical skill set may make a lot of sense. Their skills are so easily outsourced that theyﾒre heading for near-term obsolescence, writes James Maguire. The good news is that open source skills can be huge differentiators, and graduates may be very well served by pursuing jobs directly inside the open source community. So how can graduates develop and showcase open source skills that could make a difference for them? Here are eight ways.

The folks from Acquia were in San Francisco for the LinuxWorld conference this week. Acquia, as we've covered before, has been working away on an array of support offerings and services for the powerful open source Drupal content management system (CMS). OStatic is based on Drupal, as are sites such as Fast Company and The Onion. Acquia's goal is to apply a Red Hat-like approach to support and services for Drupal, and it will deliver these offerings later this year. I caught up with Barry Jaspan, security lead and principal engineer at Acquia, to find out what's cooking.