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Open Source Educators 'OpenHatch' Close, Leaving Void For Campus Events (openhatch.org)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the closing-an-Open-Hatch dept.

Long-time Slashdot reader paulproteus writes: OpenHatch was a non-profit that organized free tutorials with college computer science groups to learn how to teach how to get involved in open source, covered previously on Slashdot. It has run more than 50 events so far. On Friday, it announced it is closing its doors due to board members moving on to other projects, leaving open the door for other people to organize future Open Source Comes to Campus events.
If you have any stories to share about Open Hatch -- or other campus outreach groups -- feel free to leave them in the comments. Are any Slashdot readers involved with Open Source outreach efforts?

13 comments

  1. OpenHatch is now Closed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And so it begins .....

  2. Shocking! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    An unsustainable business plan folding under? Who would have thunk it?

    Smart people attend the tremendous Trump University, not this inadequate OpenHatch.

  3. Sounds like 1999 all over again by 0xdeaddead · · Score: 1

    Can't wait for the avalanche of failure when Twitter, Facebook and Instagram all die.

    1. Re:Sounds like 1999 all over again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sherlock Holmes I presume? I don't get how to draw the lines from the story to what you just said...

  4. Boring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It has run more than 50 events so far

    So has the medical examiner's office

  5. As Comic Book Store guy would say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Open Close" ...

    Most. Confusing. Headline. Ever!

  6. The problem is with the name.... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

    Open Hash would have been a more appealing name.

  7. Open Source Project Fails Due To Lack Of Doc... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 1

    >> OpenHatch was a non-profit that organized free tutorials ...how to get involved in open source...it is closing its doors

    You're kidding me - an open source project fizzled out because no one wanted to write the docs? Never heard that before...

    1. Re:Open Source Project Fails Due To Lack Of Doc... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wait...I thought no one wants to write documentation for open source projects. Most open-source contributors like to do the fun part (coding) and leave all the grunt stuff to someone else (i.e. nobody). So if your entire project is just documentation, how is it sustainable?

    2. Re:Open Source Project Fails Due To Lack Of Doc... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Spoiler: It isn't.

  8. hi by hungba193 · · Score: 1

    I want to participate but do not know how to do? nhom kinh tay ninh quang cao tay ninh

  9. Tips for writers and students by Brandydy · · Score: 1

    Get some tips on how to write my paper properly.