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=The Idea=
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*'''Make senior software professionals from Sun Microsystems available to educational institutes throughout Germany'''
  
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** guide, teach and mentor students
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*** lectures
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*** demos
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*** presentations
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*** project guidance
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*** work shops
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*** diploma thesis mentoring
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** help university professors to enrich their lectures in software classes with the feedback of experts from industrial practice of research & development.
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*** consult
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*** co-lecture
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*** training
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*** project setup
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==The Benefits==
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* '''Professors'''
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** can access professionals of a technology leading global company to get information of the experiences, experts made at Sun Microsystems in an environment of globally distributed software development projects in the open source arena.
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** can shape their lectures according to what really happens in the open source world
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** can get help with setting up "real world/real usage" software projects for their students
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** can be informed, coached and trained about bleeding edge technologies in industry
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** may embed presentations from senior experts in their lectures
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** may conduct scientific colloquia for well known professionals in the open source world
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* '''Students'''
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** can get information from senior experts of the practice
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** can access the experience "rookies" made in the industry when they first came to hit the road
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** can get help with their thesis work
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** can get guidance in their project works
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** can participate at "real" software projects which may serve as reference later when they apply for a job
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** can gain experience in global open source projects working in a distributed software development environment
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** work in projects together with well known, highly experienced professionals from a global technology leading company
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** can gain project management experience in FOSS projects
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* '''Sun Microsystems'''
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** can inform professors and students about to what extend Sun is driving FOSS
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** can transfer knowledge and information about Sun's open source projects, sponsorship and activities
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** can generate interest for professors and students to participate, collaborate and contribute to open source
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** can evangelize FOSS and promote "choice" over "vendor lock in"
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** can identify high skilled students participating in open source projects for vacant positions@Sun
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** can gain fresh and new perspectives from requirements of students and educational institutes

Revision as of 10:00, 21 May 2008

The Idea

  • Make senior software professionals from Sun Microsystems available to educational institutes throughout Germany
    • guide, teach and mentor students
      • lectures
      • demos
      • presentations
      • project guidance
      • work shops
      • diploma thesis mentoring
    • help university professors to enrich their lectures in software classes with the feedback of experts from industrial practice of research & development.
      • consult
      • co-lecture
      • training
      • project setup


The Benefits

  • Professors
    • can access professionals of a technology leading global company to get information of the experiences, experts made at Sun Microsystems in an environment of globally distributed software development projects in the open source arena.
    • can shape their lectures according to what really happens in the open source world
    • can get help with setting up "real world/real usage" software projects for their students
    • can be informed, coached and trained about bleeding edge technologies in industry
    • may embed presentations from senior experts in their lectures
    • may conduct scientific colloquia for well known professionals in the open source world
  • Students
    • can get information from senior experts of the practice
    • can access the experience "rookies" made in the industry when they first came to hit the road
    • can get help with their thesis work
    • can get guidance in their project works
    • can participate at "real" software projects which may serve as reference later when they apply for a job
    • can gain experience in global open source projects working in a distributed software development environment
    • work in projects together with well known, highly experienced professionals from a global technology leading company
    • can gain project management experience in FOSS projects
  • Sun Microsystems
    • can inform professors and students about to what extend Sun is driving FOSS
    • can transfer knowledge and information about Sun's open source projects, sponsorship and activities
    • can generate interest for professors and students to participate, collaborate and contribute to open source
    • can evangelize FOSS and promote "choice" over "vendor lock in"
    • can identify high skilled students participating in open source projects for vacant positions@Sun
    • can gain fresh and new perspectives from requirements of students and educational institutes
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