[Inpycon] Fwd: [PyCon-Organizers] PyCon 2010 Theme Part II - It's about the community

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Thursday 15 Oct 2009 9:11:21 am vid wrote:
> > that is in America - in India, this does not apply. I can testify to the
> > fact that when I started the beginner's tutorial I insisted that anyone
> > who knew anything of python should leave. The hall was still full. I
> > asked: how many of you do not know anything about python? All hands went
> > up.
>
> darn, didnt nobody say its a snake :) Seriously speaking, its not
> surprising to hear that when I consider the fact that Floss is not a
> part of the curriculum and worse "community work" or "volunteering"
> credits is not an inherent part of our educational system. That needs
> to change.

I think you have missed the point. This has nothing to do with the education 
system. It is just a fact of life that we have very few python developers 
here, possibly *no* developers of python, hence the main audience for 
conferences are newbies and beginners.
-- 
regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
Senior Project Officer
NRC-FOSS
http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/