On 8/28/07, Marvin Pascual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Probably, it's not totally true. I know big companies particularly in > the Metro Manila area into F/OSS already. Thanks to the information > drive (or shall I say threats) done by the BSA before where they > actually helped F/OSS consultants, integrators, developers, etc. to > have business opportunities and make money out of different F/OSS > solutions for their corporate clients.
However, this trend is not yet being embraced totally on the countryside. Here in Cagayan de Oro, I've only known one dev outfit that has turned to FOSS and considering for a total conversion to FOSS-based solutions. The real problem is that we don't have enough talents to sustain the > needs. Also, the talents that we have are most likely don't have > enough money to start their own business and sometimes are forced to > join to a M$ centric companies just to survive. I totally agree. And you know why? A lot of schools concentrate on specific products to use in their computer and laboratory subjects. Try to take a look at some prospecta from known colleges, institutes, and unis. Most operating system fundamentals discuss on DOS and Windows... You'll also clearly see topics like "Microsoft Word", "Excel", "Powerpoint", "Web Design with Macromedia Dreamweaver", and so on and so forth. What should have been better will be something like "Introduction to Wordprocessors", "Using Spreadsheets", "Presentation basics", "Advanced Web Design" and so on. That way, any type of application that fits the bill will apply. Then again, most schools will also reason out that they are doing so because what is being used in the industry are those same tools. Adding to that, most schools are also M$ partners, recipients of M$ grants and so on. Though its not bad to support for the welfare of the academic sector, however, there are instances that corporate donors also tend to influence the recipient school's academic programs. -- "A dog that has no bite, barks loudest." Registered Linux User #400165 http://contour.runhosting.com - free host http://baudizm.blogsome.com http://phossil.ifastnet.com Subscribed to: LARTC, Open-ITLUG, PRUG, KLUG, linuxusersgroup, sybase.public.ase.linux SHA256: 857dd62339c9fe27460b725747dfe25d5612933f7d879c35fb0cba2dadaf972f
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