As far as the SOSE (School of Science & Engineering) of Ateneo de Manila University is concerned, the Dean (Dr. Fabian Dayrit) has announced support for Linux / OpenOffice for official use of the science and engineering departments and labs. He was even proposing that savings generated by using OpenOffice be reverted to the department's budget.
I do not know the stand of AdDU (Ateneo de Davao) regarding open source. P~Manalastas --- On Tue, 8/12/08, Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] FOSS-powered IT education > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 2:23 PM > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Pablo Manalastas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Ateneo de Manila University has compsci labs with PCs > that dual boot to > > Ubuntu / WindowsXP. The student has a choice. But > for most classes it is > > actually the teacher's choice. The OS / > SystemProg teachers obviously use > > Ubuntu (Linux). When I taught OS I had the students > install Fedora8 in one > > classroom/lab. > > > Is this an official policy at Ateneo already? How about in > Davao? Giving > students the choice is a good thing and I commend Ateneo > for taking the > initiative. I know UP has long made the preference to > Linux as a policy. > > > Holden > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
