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OPINION A "Youth and Open Source" panel was held at the United Nations (UN) Open Source Program Office (OSPO) for Good conference in the UN building in Manhattan. There was only one little problem with it. To quote Ruth Ikegah, a young Nigerian open source project manager, "We need more young people here because I see a lot of old people here." She nailed it. Even as an old guy myself, I noticed this. Indeed, Jim Jagielski, Salesforce's Head of OSPO, and I had talked about how gray the conference was. Part of that was the nature of the meeting, where most of the people were senior government, NGO, and open source leaders. But, if we're going to change the world for good with open source, we need to grab the attention of people who haven't turned 30 yet. You see, Jagieski and I go to many tech shows every year, and very few of them welcome young people. True, the Linux Foundation events all now come with child support for young parents, but my expert guestimate is the average age is sti

Software The graying open source community needs fresh blood Deep experience of the older tech crowd is nothing short of vital, yet projects need new devs to move forward Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Published mon 15 Jul 2024 // 11:28 UTC OPINION A "Youth and Open Source" panel was held at the United Nations (UN) Open Source Program Office (OSPO) for Good conference in the UN building in Manhattan. There was only one little problem with it. To quote Ruth Ikegah, a young Nigerian open source project manager, "We need more young people here because I see a lot of old peopl

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