PLUG can go deeper by providing help to primary and secondary schools -- those who cannot afford getting trained by companies.
Another is to beef up the FOSS contributions by providing more technical training to pave the way for Filipinos to join FOSS projects. It is one thing for them to teach how to use FOSS and another to actually contribute. PLUG can still provide technical support at a more affordable rates compared to other companies. On Oct 29, 2007, at 5:44 PM, ian sison (mailing list) wrote: > On 10/29/07, rpf list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I think PLUG still has the same goal -- educating users about Linux. >> Whilst we think that PLUG has done something about this already but I >> honestly think that we can do more. Actually, I think PLUG has a >> greater call now that people are familiar with Linux. > > Any specifics? > > Training programs are already available commercially, and Linux and > Open Source is already being taught as part of the core curriculums in > major universities. Many commercial IT Vendors already offer training > programs to their clients as part of the standard services they > provide. There is tremendous growth in the adoption of OSS-based > scripting languages, and databases like the LAMP stack. > > What other things can we do that are not already offered by others? > Or should we just be one among many? > _________________________________________________ > 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
