Well, as I said, it's only my two cents. I had pushed debian support
but was told to drop it (at my last company) because "nobody else
supports it" and MySQL is now proven that out.
I hope Bayanihan will make a go of it, I just think that Asianux is a
better way to grow the distro and more importantly, get support from the
global software manufacturers, because none of them have ever heard of
Bayanihan.
Rom Feria wrote:
On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:26 AM, David R. Meyer wrote:
Hello All,
<snipped>
In my thinking, one way to lock in FOSS in the Philippines is to do
two things.
1. Push Bayanihan to join Asianix. This would give it the support it
needs to be used Asia-wide.
2. Push the Philippine government to use Bayanihan / Asianix. This
would ensure that you could use FOSS, and still have support for
proprietary applications.
Thanks, David. However, I do not think it is necessary to push Bayanihan
to Asianix. I mean, we can do with whatever Linux distribution fits the
bill. :) At the moment, Ubuntu (of which Bayanihan will be (or is
already) based) is the popular Linux choice by UNDP-IOSN ASEAN+3 Node
here in the country.
What is necessary is to get government IT staff certified on Linux - I
have given certification exams to more than 50 IT professionals already
and more will take the exams this coming year. Once we have a pool of
certified Linux trainers and practitioners, FOSS will be an easy choice. :)
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