It already is, and I am using it. OSX does not use X Windows (although there is the XonX project, which is an X manager for OSX), so porting Office to Linux is not a recompilation, but a port to yet another window manager.
Yes, you can get the same "job" for the same salary because the HR people do not quite understand the difference.
However, you run the risk of working for some crusty curmudgeon like myself who will expect the following of you, regardless of degree:
1) knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and O notation (that was a capital o, BTW).
2) knowledge and use of scientific method applied towards debugging.
3) even doing business "stuff" I expect people to know math.
4) basic compsci stuff like regex, scripting languages, ability to read rfcs to figure out comm protocols, knowledge of 10 different programming languages, OOP basics, functional basics, ability to debug without a debugger, etc.
And while you may have "gotten the job with the minimal of effort" you will then have to do the CS degree work on your own time to be able to keep the job, get a big raise, etc.
I am reminded of the part in Joe Versus the Volcano: "I know he can get the job, but can he keep the job."
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It already is, and I am using it. OSX does not use X Windows (although there is the XonX project, which is an X manager for OSX), so porting Office to Linux is not a recompilation, but a port to yet another window manager.
Here's the deal:
Yes, you can get the same "job" for the same salary because the HR people do not quite understand the difference.
However, you run the risk of working for some crusty curmudgeon like myself who will expect the following of you, regardless of degree:
1) knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and O notation (that was a capital o, BTW).
2) knowledge and use of scientific method applied towards debugging.
3) even doing business "stuff" I expect people to know math.
4) basic compsci stuff like regex, scripting languages, ability to read rfcs to figure out comm protocols, knowledge of 10 different programming languages, OOP basics, functional basics, ability to debug without a debugger, etc.
And while you may have "gotten the job with the minimal of effort" you will then have to do the CS degree work on your own time to be able to keep the job, get a big raise, etc.
I am reminded of the part in Joe Versus the Volcano: "I know he can get the job, but can he keep the job."
Just my $2*E-02, I could always be wrong.