UP is a different matter. They have an ideology more in line with open source.
I do agree that FUD was involved. St. Paul wouldn't have the ideology to counter the FUD. On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Rommel Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > < > http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080711-147772/RP-college-replaces-open-source-system-with-Microsoft-OS > > > > Folks - why are we still getting press releases like this one? Shouldn't > we > > be covering the schools already? I mean, PLUG should help schools to keep > > using FOSS. The reason that it is confusing their students is very lame. > > Whoever has any connections with St. Paul's, can you please let them see > the > > light? :) > > I am sure FUD was involved here. I recall that in UP Diliman, the > student council first resisted the idea of going open source. Back > then they didn't know what FOSS was all about. I am sure that they > will eventually see the light but I agree that someone should pay them > a visit or dig deeper. Sometimes news reports leave out some details. > > I am not necessarily against having MS in their labs but I think it > would be an injustice not to have FOSS there as well. > > Anybody at least know how to contact them via email? >
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