On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 13:06:50 +0800 (PHT), "Yolynne Medina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How old amd I? (a question by rexonf) > I will be 30 sir this year. I know I am even older than some of the Board > Members of PLUG, but I don't see the point in me being young or old for me > to a positive outlook in life more so have a optimistic view in the plight > of our country's ICT field. > > As for experience wise, I have gone through a lot, and have worked both in > government and private sector. As for me, everything is always a matter > of CHOICE bundled up with a lot of blessings from the LORD. > > Yan nga kasi ang problema sa iba eh.. when they experience bad things in > life , they seem to become bitter about it, then shy away thus making them > QUITTERS. In FOSS ADVOCACY or if we want common people (meaning people > with no knowledge of open source, linux and views only that learning of > computers is bundled together with MICROSOFT) you have to be strong in > facing CRITICISMS, SIDE COMMENTS and be DISCRIMINATED. ADVOCATES should
Its not because they dont belive in the power of FOSS, in fact they do. Its because theres no money in it. How'd you tell the CoA that CentOS and qmail is worth 10M. > have a heart so strong that nobody can bring them down, and at the same > time not become bitter about those experiences. LINUX orgs, which are > obviously predominatly led and composed of the MALE population is weak on > this part. If in case they feel discriminated or criticised, they > immediately shy away (though not all male species are like this) If you > shy away, you just make your purpose of propagating whatever idea you > think is good and be accepted by others, because you're ego has been hurt. > > I hope that this explains to everybody why I have my own kind of view in > Open Source and in LIFE as well. > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:57:40 -0500 > From: Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Ubuntu Founder visits Manila > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) > Technical Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > perhaps it has something to do with "as you reach the age of XX, > you'll know what i'm talking about... (or something like that)". it's > one of the popular lines on this mailing list. :) > > we've already heard optimistic views on one side & realistic ones > on the other, but we can never really tell on what the future may > hold, for we may end up someone like m.dell (re: apple), et. al. > > > > > On 2/4/06, Jerome Gotangco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 2/4/06, rexonf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > How old are you? >> >> What does this have to do with the topic? >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.hosting.qsr.com.ph/mailman/private/plug/attachments/20060204/a4160159/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
