[luau] Linux in Hawaiian Industry

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

Maui High Performance Computing Center:

http://www.mhpcc.edu/

has one of the largest Linux clusters in the world.  However, they want 
people in the kernel development level.  For Sysadms, no one knows when 
the dark age is going to be over.  Hawaii is no better than anywhere in 
the world.  However, I have noticed that most employers (in the mainland 
as well as in Taiwan and China, and I suppose Hawaii will soon follow) 
nowadays require that qualified applicants have at least some background 
in Linux.  Thus, experience in Linux may not be a sufficient condition 
to get a job, but it appears to be a necessary condition.  And 
increasingly so, in both the number of employers and the level of Linux 
knowledge.

A friend of mine runs a network efficiency service company in Big 
Island.  Last time I talked with him, they had 4 engineers in Oahu.  I 
am not at liberty to disclose the name of his company, but I know most 
network service companies would like to hire, if they hire at all and 
everyone else being equal, someone with  good exposure to Linux.

Wayne