I think, another thing to do is to make sipsip (what's this in english) to the government and politicians like what Microsoft and others have been doing.
I remember in my elementary school days. Pupils who has made sipsip to teachers often got the teacher's favor and support, than those pupils who chose to remain unnoticed. I think this is something also applicable between FOSS advocates and the government. (Just my 2 centavos) On 30/12/06, Rom Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi David, There plenty of ways to help out. 1. Press CDs with Ubuntu Linux or any distro that has both a LiveCD and Installer in one. This can be distributed to government agencies via a FOSS champion. It is important that there is a champion who will make sure that the CD is used at least a couple of times and installed at least once. Giving away CDs will not cut it - you will just be giving away free coasters! :) 2. Adopt-a-school project. I have been challenging PLUG to do this -- launch a program where Linux advocates can pledge to help a school by providing free Linux installers and training to teachers and students. However, I only heard from two members from the provinces. Sad but true. UnPLUG and ACM UP Chapter, both University-based student organizations, are doing this already, at least to some extent, by providing training and CDs to other schools. 3. Sponsor certification exams - US$100/examinee. You guys can screen the applicants and then coordinate with me as to when the next LPI Level 1 certification exam will be held. This provides us with more ammo when dealing with agencies and organizations. Whilst it is not necessary to be certified to do advocacy, training and consultancy work but it is nice to have. :) 4. If you have developers, coordinate with a couple of developers here to start a softdev project that will benefit an agency or something. A simple inventory of drugs for the health centers is a big help already. :) I am sure that we can think of more ways for you to help out. Cheers! On Dec 30, 2006, at 4:49 AM, David R. Meyer wrote: > All, > > I have a question for the group which may, or may not have come up in > the past, but what the heck...I'll ask anyway. > > We all know that the Linux and Open Souce community is a global thing, > made possible by the Internet. However, I'm wondering what, if > anything, we here in the US can do to help further the adoption of > Linux and Open Source within the Philippines. > > I read the article about MS offering a stripped-down version of > Windows > @ half the price of regular Windows (which, to my knowledge, is still > 100% more expensive than most Linux distros) and how GMA had attended > the event in Cebu with Microsoft. > > So I have to ask...is there anything that we here in the US can do to > help in the cause in the Philippines? We're all in the same boat > here...wanting to further Open Source and Linux world-wide. Maybe > there is something that we can do to assist you. > > Ideas??? > _________________________________________________ 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
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